Which to use
“buisson” and “buissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,726
- “buisson” frequency rank
- #20,070
- “buissons” frequency rank
- 31796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | buisson | buissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Touffe d’arbustes sauvages. | Pluriel de buisson. |
Same sound, different letters: buisson vs buissons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - buisson and buissons
This is the hard kind. buisson and buissons are pronounced identically (\bɥi.sɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “buisson” sits inside “buissons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
buisson is recorded at frequency rank #11,726, classified as anoun, pronounced \bɥi.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 31796, this pair ranks #301,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of buisson vs buissons
Shared letters: binosu. Private to "buisson": -. Private to "buissons": -.
"buisson" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "buissons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "buisson" and "buissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "buisson" or "buissons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "buisson" 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 #301,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "buisson" 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 #301,495 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.