choisiesvschoisiraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#13,748
“choisies” frequency rank
#24,149
“choisira” frequency rank
37897
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choisies choisira
Definition Féminin pluriel de choisi. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de choisir.

Where the eye mixes choisies and choisira

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. choisies (CCVVCVVC) and choisira (CCVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
choisies
8 ch
choisira

Visual trap between choisies and choisira

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: choisies is \ʃwa.zi\ while choisira is \ʃwa.zi.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37897, 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\. choisira is at rank #24,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃwa.zi.ʁa\.

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 37897, this pair ranks #259,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of choisies vs choisira

Shared letters: chios. Private to "choisies": e. Private to "choisira": ar.

"choisies" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC  ·  "choisira" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choisies ← cchoisies · chhoisies · chiosies · choiises · choiseis · choisiess · choisise · choissies
  • choisira ← cchoisira · chhoisira · chiosira · choiisra · choisiar · choisirra · choisria · choissira

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "choisies" and "choisira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "choisies" is an adjective and "choisira" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "choisies" or "choisira" show up more?
"choisies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,748 in our French list, against #24,149 for "choisira". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choisies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "choisira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choisies" and "choisira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisira 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 #259,196 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