Français homophones

choisi/choisie/choisies/choisis/choisit

"choisi" is an adjective; "choisit" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #101 of 9,139 French groups.

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Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "choisi" arrives as an adjective, while "choisit" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "choisi" then splits - "choisi" (6 letters) vs "choisie" (7).
  • Shared stem "choisi" then splits - "choisi" (6 letters) vs "choisies" (8).
  • Shared stem "choisi" then splits - "choisi" (6 letters) vs "choisis" (7).
  • Shared stem "choisi" then splits - "choisi" (6 letters) vs "choisit" (7).
  • Shared stem "choisie" then splits - "choisie" (7 letters) vs "choisies" (8).
  • Single-letter fork: "choisie" keeps e, "choisis" writes s at letter 7.
  • Single-letter fork: "choisie" keeps e, "choisit" writes t at letter 7.
  • Shared stem "choisi" then splits - "choisies" (8 letters) vs "choisis" (7).
  • Shared stem "choisi" then splits - "choisies" (8 letters) vs "choisit" (7).
  • Single-letter fork: "choisis" keeps s, "choisit" writes t at letter 7.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across choisi, choisie, choisies, choisis, choisit: chios. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • choisi

    6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVVCV

    Inventory chios · no private letters vs siblings

  • choisie

    7 letters · 4 vowels · shape CCVVCVV

    Inventory cehios · private e

  • choisies

    8 letters · 4 vowels · shape CCVVCVVC

    Inventory cehios · private e

  • choisis

    7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVVCVC

    Inventory chios · no private letters vs siblings

  • choisit

    7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CCVVCVC

    Inventory chiost · private t

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "choisi" when you mean: Qui a fait l’objet d’un choix.
  • Write "choisie" when you mean: Féminin singulier de choisi.
  • Write "choisies" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de choisi.
  • Write "choisis" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de choisi.
  • Write "choisit" when you mean: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de choisir.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • choisicchoisi · chhoisi · chiosi · choiis · choissi · chosii
  • choisiecchoisie · chhoisie · chiosie · choiise · choisei · choissie
  • choisiescchoisies · chhoisies · chiosies · choiises · choiseis · choisiess
  • choisiscchoisis · chhoisis · chiosis · choiiss · choisiss · choissis
  • choisitcchoisit · chhoisit · chiosit · choiist · choisitt · choissit

Each spelling

choisi

adjective · /\ʃwa.zi\/ · #1,286 frequency

Qui a fait l’objet d’un choix.

choisie

adjective · /\ʃwa.zi\/ · #6,275 frequency

Féminin singulier de choisi.

choisies

adjective · /\ʃwa.zi\/ · #13,748 frequency

Féminin pluriel de choisi.

choisis

adjective · /\ʃwa.zi\/ · #3,741 frequency

Masculin pluriel de choisi.

choisit

verb · /\ʃwa.zi\/ · #4,653 frequency

Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de choisir.

Nearby French homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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