Which to use
“choir” and “chuis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,708
- “choir” frequency rank
- #28,483
- “chuis” frequency rank
- 68191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choir | chuis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tomber. | Contraction de je suis du verbe être. |
Where the eye mixes choir and chuis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. choir and chuis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between choir and chuis
A purely visual mix-up. choir (\ʃwaʁ\) and chuis (\ʃɥi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choir is recorded at frequency rank #39,708, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃwaʁ\. chuis is at rank #28,483, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɥi\.
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 68191, this pair ranks #60,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of choir vs chuis
Shared letters: chi. Private to "choir": or. Private to "chuis": su.
"choir" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "chuis" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "choir" and "chuis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "choir" or "chuis" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "choir" and "chuis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "choir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chuis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choir" and "chuis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cheik vs choir". 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 #60,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.