Which to use
“pollués” is a verb and “pollueurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,931
- “pollués” frequency rank
- #48,722
- “pollueurs” frequency rank
- 89653
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pollués | pollueurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de polluer. | Masculin pluriel de pollueur. |
Where the eye mixes pollués and pollueurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pollués runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against pollueurs's 9 (CVCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses pollués with pollueurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pollués is \pɔ.lɥe\ while pollueurs is \pɔ.lɥœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pollués is recorded at frequency rank #40,931, classified as averb, pronounced \pɔ.lɥe\. pollueurs is at rank #48,722, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pɔ.lɥœʁ\.
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 89653, this pair ranks #5,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pollués vs pollueurs
Shared letters: lopsu. Private to "pollués": é. Private to "pollueurs": er.
"pollués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "pollueurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pollueurs ← opllueurs · plolueurs · polleuurs · polluerus · pollueurrs · pollueurss · pollueusr · polluuers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pollués" and "pollueurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pollués" vs "pollueurs" - 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 "pollués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pollueurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pollués" and "pollueurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "polluées vs pollueurs". 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 #5,565 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.