Which to use
“choisies” and “croisées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,748
- “choisies” frequency rank
- #18,976
- “croisées” frequency rank
- 32724
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choisies | croisées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de choisi. | Féminin pluriel de croisé. |
Where the eye mixes choisies and croisées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. choisies and croisées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between choisies and croisées
A purely visual mix-up. choisies (\ʃwa.zi\) and croisées (\kʁwa.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32724, 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\. croisées is at rank #18,976, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁwa.ze\.
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 32724, this pair ranks #295,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of choisies vs croisées
Shared letters: ceios. Private to "choisies": h. Private to "croisées": ré.
"choisies" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC · "croisées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- choisies ← cchoisies · chhoisies · chiosies · choiises · choiseis · choisiess · choisise · choissies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "choisies" for "croisées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "choisies" or "croisées"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "choisies" and "croisées" 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 "croisées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choisies" and "croisées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "croisées vs crosses". 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 #295,359 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.