Which to use
“boissons” and “buissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,469
- “boissons” frequency rank
- #20,070
- “buissons” frequency rank
- 26539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | boissons | buissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de boisson. | Pluriel de buisson. |
Where the eye mixes boissons and buissons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. boissons and buissons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses boissons with buissons
A purely visual mix-up. boissons (\bwa.sɔ̃\) and buissons (\bɥi.sɔ̃\) 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 a single letter - o in “boissons” becomes u in “buissons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
boissons is recorded at frequency rank #6,469, classified as anoun, pronounced \bwa.sɔ̃\. buissons is at rank #20,070, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bɥi.sɔ̃\.
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 26539, this pair ranks #334,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of boissons vs buissons
Shared letters: binos. Private to "boissons": -. Private to "buissons": u.
"boissons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "buissons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "boissons" and "buissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "boissons" or "buissons" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "boissons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "buissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "boissons" and "buissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bisson vs buissons". 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 #334,380 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.