Which to use
“choisie” and “choisis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,275
- “choisie” frequency rank
- #3,741
- “choisis” frequency rank
- 10016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choisie | choisis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de choisi. | Masculin pluriel de choisi. |
Same sound, different letters: choisie vs choisis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. choisie (CCVVCVV) and choisis (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - choisie and choisis
This is the hard kind. choisie and choisis 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 a single letter - e in “choisie” becomes s in “choisis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choisie is recorded at frequency rank #6,275, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃwa.zi\. choisis is at rank #3,741, 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 10016, this pair ranks #414,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of choisie vs choisis
Shared letters: chios. Private to "choisie": e. Private to "choisis": -.
"choisie" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "choisis" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "choisie" and "choisis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "choisie" or "choisis" 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 "choisie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "choisis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choisie" and "choisis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisis vs crisis". 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 #414,544 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.