Which to use
“pollué” and “pollués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,308
- “pollué” frequency rank
- #40,931
- “pollués” frequency rank
- 71239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pollué | pollués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de polluer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de polluer. |
Same sound, different letters: pollué vs pollués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pollué runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against pollués's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - pollué and pollués
This is the hard kind. pollué and pollués 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 1 extra letter(s) - “pollué” sits inside “pollués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71239, 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\. pollués is at rank #40,931, 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 71239, this pair ranks #48,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pollué vs pollués
Shared letters: lopué. Private to "pollué": -. Private to "pollués": s.
"pollué" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "pollués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pollué" for "pollués" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pollué" vs "pollués" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "pollués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,307 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pollué" and "pollués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs pollués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #48,307 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.