Which to use
“choisies” is an adjective and “choisir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,748
- “choisies” frequency rank
- #1,322
- “choisir” frequency rank
- 15070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choisies | choisir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de choisi. | Faire un choix ; prendre une personne ou une chose de préférence à une autre ou à plusieurs autres. |
Where the eye mixes choisies and choisir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. choisies runs 8 letters (CCVVCVVC) against choisir's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses choisies with choisir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: choisies is \ʃwa.zi\ while choisir is \ʃwa.ziʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choisies is recorded at frequency rank #13,748, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃwa.zi\. choisir is at rank #1,322, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃwa.ziʁ\.
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 15070, this pair ranks #393,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of choisies vs choisir
Shared letters: chios. Private to "choisies": e. Private to "choisir": r.
"choisies" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC · "choisir" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "choisies" and "choisir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "choisies" or "choisir" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "choisies" and "choisir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "choisies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "choisir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choisies" and "choisir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisir vs choisirai". 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 #393,985 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.