Which to use
“polluées” and “pollués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,360
- “polluées” frequency rank
- #40,931
- “pollués” frequency rank
- 87291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | polluées | pollués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de polluer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de polluer. |
Same sound, different letters: polluées vs pollués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. polluées runs 8 letters (CVCCVVVC) against pollués's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - polluées / pollués
This is the hard kind. polluées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87291, 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\. 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 87291, this pair ranks #8,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of polluées vs pollués
Shared letters: lopsué. Private to "polluées": e. Private to "pollués": -.
"polluées" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVVC · "pollués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "polluées" and "pollués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "polluées" or "pollués" show up more?
What to do next
"polluées" and "pollués" 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 "pollués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "polluées" and "pollués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs polluées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #8,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.