choisisvschoisitConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#3,741
“choisis” frequency rank
#4,653
“choisit” frequency rank
8394
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choisis choisit
Definition Masculin pluriel de choisi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de choisir.

Same sound, different letters: choisis vs choisit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. choisis and choisit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
choisis
7 ch
choisit

Ear matches; page differs - choisis and choisit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: choisis 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 - s in “choisis” becomes t in “choisit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choisis is recorded at frequency rank #3,741, 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 8394, this pair ranks #420,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of choisis vs choisit

Shared letters: chios. Private to "choisis": -. Private to "choisit": t.

"choisis" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "choisit" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choisis ← cchoisis · chhoisis · chiosis · choiiss · choisiss · choissis · chosiis · cohisis
  • choisit ← cchoisit · chhoisit · chiosit · choiist · choisitt · choissit · choisti · chosiit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "choisis" for "choisit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "choisis" is an adjective and "choisit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "choisis" or "choisit" show up more?
"choisis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,741 in our French list, against #4,653 for "choisit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choisis" 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 #420,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choisis" 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 #420,174 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