Which to use
“pollué” and “polluées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,308
- “pollué” frequency rank
- #46,360
- “polluées” frequency rank
- 76668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pollué | polluées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de polluer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de polluer. |
Same sound, different letters: pollué vs polluées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pollué runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against polluées's 8 (CVCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pollué and polluées
This is the hard kind. pollué and polluées are pronounced identically (\pɔ.lɥe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “pollué” sits inside “polluées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76668, 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\. polluées is at rank #46,360, tagged as averb, 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 76668, this pair ranks #30,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pollué vs polluées
Shared letters: lopué. Private to "pollué": -. Private to "polluées": es.
"pollué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "polluées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pollué" for "polluées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "pollué" or "polluées" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pollué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "polluées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pollué" and "polluées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs polluées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #30,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.