Which to use
“pollués” is a verb and “poulies” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,931
- “pollués” frequency rank
- #40,932
- “poulies” frequency rank
- 81863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pollués | poulies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de polluer. | Pluriel de poulie. |
Where the eye mixes pollués and poulies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pollués (CVCCVVC) and poulies (CVVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: pollués vs poulies
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pollués is \pɔ.lɥe\ while poulies is \pu.li\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81863, 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\. poulies is at rank #40,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.li\.
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 81863, this pair ranks #17,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pollués vs poulies
Shared letters: lopsu. Private to "pollués": é. Private to "poulies": ei.
"pollués" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "poulies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poulies ← opulies · poluies · pouiles · pouleis · pouliess · poulise · poullies · ppoulies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pollués" and "poulies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pollués" vs "poulies" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pollués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poulies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pollués" and "poulies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poulies vs pouliot". 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 #17,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.