choisievschoisitConfusable pair

Quick tell: choisie is a adjective, choisit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“choisie” is an adjective and “choisit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,275
“choisie” frequency rank
#4,653
“choisit” frequency rank
10928
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choisie choisit
Definition Féminin singulier de choisi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de choisir.

Same sound, different letters: choisie vs choisit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. choisie (CCVVCVV) and choisit (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
choisie
7 ch
choisit

Ear matches; page differs - choisie and choisit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: choisie and choisit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃwa.zi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “choisie” becomes t in “choisit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10928, 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\. choisit is at rank #4,653, tagged as averb, 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 10928, this pair ranks #411,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of choisie vs choisit

Shared letters: chios. Private to "choisie": e. Private to "choisit": t.

"choisie" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV  ·  "choisit" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choisie ← cchoisie · chhoisie · chiosie · choiise · choisei · choissie · chosiie · cohisie
  • choisit ← cchoisit · chhoisit · chiosit · choiist · choisitt · choissit · choisti · chosiit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "choisie" and "choisit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "choisie" is an adjective and "choisit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "choisie" or "choisit"?
"choisit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,653 in our French list, against #6,275 for "choisie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"choisie" and "choisit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choisie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "choisit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #411,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choisie" and "choisit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisit vs croisait". 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 #411,136 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list