Which to use
“choisissent” and “choisissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,290
- “choisissent” frequency rank
- #35,426
- “choisissons” frequency rank
- 45716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choisissent | choisissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de choisir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de choisir. |
Where the eye mixes choisissent and choisissons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. choisissent 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: choisissent vs choisissons
A purely visual mix-up. choisissent (\ʃwa.zis\) 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 45716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choisissent is recorded at frequency rank #10,290, classified as averb, pronounced \ʃwa.zis\. 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 45716, this pair ranks #200,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of choisissent vs choisissons
Shared letters: chinos. Private to "choisissent": et. Private to "choisissons": -.
"choisissent" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCC · "choisissons" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- choisissent ← cchoisissent · chhoisissent · chiosissent · choiisssent · choisisent · choisisesnt · choisissennt · choisissentt
- choisissons ← cchoisissons · chhoisissons · chiosissons · choiisssons · choisisons · choisisosns · choisissnos · choisissonns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "choisissent" and "choisissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "choisissent" or "choisissons" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "choisissent" 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 #200,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choisissent" and "choisissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choisissant vs choisissons". 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 #200,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.