Which to use
“choisisse” and “choisissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,005
- “choisisse” frequency rank
- #10,290
- “choisissent” frequency rank
- 37295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choisisse | choisissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de choisir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de choisir. |
Same sound, different letters: choisisse vs choisissent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. choisisse runs 9 letters (CCVVCVCCV) against choisissent's 11 (CCVVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - choisisse / choisissent
This is the hard kind. choisisse and choisissent are pronounced identically (\ʃwa.zis\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “choisisse” sits inside “choisissent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choisisse is recorded at frequency rank #27,005, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃwa.zis\. choisissent is at rank #10,290, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃwa.zis\.
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 37295, this pair ranks #263,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of choisisse vs choisissent
Shared letters: cehios. Private to "choisisse": -. Private to "choisissent": nt.
"choisisse" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVCCV · "choisissent" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- choisisse ← cchoisisse · chhoisisse · chiosisse · choiissse · choisises · choissise · choississe · chosiisse
- choisissent ← cchoisissent · chhoisissent · chiosissent · choiisssent · choisisent · choisisesnt · choisissennt · choisissentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "choisisse" and "choisissent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "choisisse" vs "choisissent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"choisisse" and "choisissent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "choisisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "choisissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choisisse" and "choisissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisissait vs choisissent". 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 #263,470 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.