Which to use
“polluées” and “polluer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,360
- “polluées” frequency rank
- #29,084
- “polluer” frequency rank
- 75444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | polluées | polluer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de polluer. | Rejeter des produits nocifs dans l’environnement. |
Same sound, different letters: polluées vs polluer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. polluées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) against polluer's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: polluées vs polluer
This is the hard kind. polluées and polluer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
polluées is recorded at frequency rank #46,360, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔ.lɥe\. polluer is at rank #29,084, 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 75444, this pair ranks #34,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of polluées vs polluer
Shared letters: elopu. Private to "polluées": sé. Private to "polluer": r.
"polluées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "polluer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- polluer ← oplluer · ploluer · polleur · polluerr · pollure · poluer · poluler · ppolluer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "polluées" for "polluer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "polluées" vs "polluer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"polluées" and "polluer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "polluées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "polluer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "polluées" and "polluer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs polluées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #34,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.