Which to use
“choisissant” and “choisissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,834
- “choisissant” frequency rank
- #35,426
- “choisissons” frequency rank
- 51260
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choisissant | choisissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de choisir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de choisir. |
Where the eye mixes choisissant and choisissons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. choisissant and choisissons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: choisissant vs choisissons
A purely visual mix-up. choisissant (\ʃwa.zi.sɑ̃\) and choisissons (\ʃwa.zi.sɔ̃\) 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 51260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choisissant is recorded at frequency rank #15,834, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃwa.zi.sɑ̃\. choisissons is at rank #35,426, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃwa.zi.sɔ̃\.
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 51260, this pair ranks #156,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of choisissant vs choisissons
Shared letters: chinos. Private to "choisissant": at. Private to "choisissons": -.
"choisissant" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCC · "choisissons" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- choisissant ← cchoisissant · chhoisissant · chiosissant · choiisssant · choisisant · choisisasnt · choisissannt · choisissantt
- choisissons ← cchoisissons · chhoisissons · chiosissons · choiisssons · choisisons · choisisosns · choisissnos · choisissonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "choisissant" and "choisissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "choisissant" or "choisissons"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "choisissant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "choisissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choisissant" and "choisissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisissait vs choisissant". 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 #156,380 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.