Which to use
“pollué” is a verb and “polluée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,308
- “pollué” frequency rank
- #35,648
- “polluée” frequency rank
- 65956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pollué | polluée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de polluer. | Féminin singulier de pollué. |
Same sound, different letters: pollué vs polluée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pollué runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against polluée's 7 (CVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - pollué / polluée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: pollué and polluée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔ.lɥe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pollué” sits inside “polluée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pollué is recorded at frequency rank #30,308, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔ.lɥe\. polluée is at rank #35,648, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.lɥe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 65956, this pair ranks #69,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pollué vs polluée
Shared letters: lopué. Private to "pollué": -. Private to "polluée": e.
"pollué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "polluée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pollué" and "polluée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pollué" or "polluée"?
Useful next steps
"pollué" and "polluée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "pollué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "polluée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pollué" and "polluée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs polluée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #69,989 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.