Which to use
“polluent” and “pollués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,103
- “polluent” frequency rank
- #40,931
- “pollués” frequency rank
- 85034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | polluent | pollués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de polluer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de polluer. |
Where the eye mixes polluent and pollués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. polluent runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against pollués's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: polluent vs pollués
A purely visual mix-up. polluent (\pɔ.ly\) and pollués (\pɔ.lɥe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
polluent is recorded at frequency rank #44,103, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔ.ly\. 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 85034, this pair ranks #11,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of polluent vs pollués
Shared letters: lopu. Private to "polluent": ent. Private to "pollués": sé.
"polluent" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC · "pollués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- polluent ← oplluent · ploluent · polleunt · polluennt · polluentt · polluetn · pollunet · poluent
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "polluent" and "pollués" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "polluent" vs "pollués" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "polluent" 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 #11,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "polluent" and "pollués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "polluées vs polluent". 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 #11,982 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.