Which to use
“choisi” and “choisies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,286
- “choisi” frequency rank
- #13,748
- “choisies” frequency rank
- 15034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choisi | choisies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a fait l’objet d’un choix. | Féminin pluriel de choisi. |
Same sound, different letters: choisi vs choisies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. choisi runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against choisies's 8 (CCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: choisi vs choisies
This is the hard kind. choisi and choisies are pronounced identically (\ʃwa.zi\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “choisi” sits inside “choisies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choisi is recorded at frequency rank #1,286, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃwa.zi\. choisies is at rank #13,748, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃwa.zi\.
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 15034, this pair ranks #394,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of choisi vs choisies
Shared letters: chios. Private to "choisi": -. Private to "choisies": e.
"choisi" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "choisies" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "choisi" for "choisies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "choisi" vs "choisies" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "choisi" / "choisies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "choisi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "choisies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choisi" and "choisies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisies vs croises". 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 #394,135 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.