Which to use
“polluée” is an adjective and “pollués” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,648
- “polluée” frequency rank
- #40,931
- “pollués” frequency rank
- 76579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | polluée | pollués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de pollué. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de polluer. |
Same sound, different letters: polluée vs pollués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. polluée (CVCCVVV) and pollués (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - polluée and pollués
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: polluée and pollués carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɔ.lɥe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “polluée” becomes s in “pollués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
polluée is recorded at frequency rank #35,648, classified as anadj, 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 76579, this pair ranks #30,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of polluée vs pollués
Shared letters: lopué. Private to "polluée": e. Private to "pollués": s.
"polluée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "pollués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "polluée" for "pollués" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "polluée" or "pollués" 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 "polluée" 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 #30,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "polluée" and "pollués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs pollués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #30,721 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.