Which to use
“chose” and “choses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #158
- “chose” frequency rank
- #278
- “choses” frequency rank
- 436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chose | choses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Objet, idée ou abstraction quelconque, sans pouvoir, vouloir, ou devoir l’identifier ou la nommer. Note d’usage : La signification du mot chose se déduit par la manière dont on l’emploie dans la phrase, où il remplace ce qu’il n’est pas possible (ou pas souhaitable) de nommer. Peut aussi remplacer un ensemble d’objets inanimés (ou d’idées) qu’on devine par le contexte. | Pluriel de chose. |
Same sound, different letters: chose vs choses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - chose and choses
This is the hard kind. chose and choses are pronounced identically (\ʃoz\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “chose” sits inside “choses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chose is recorded at frequency rank #158, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃoz\. choses is at rank #278, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃoz\.
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 436, this pair ranks #439,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chose vs choses
Shared letters: cehos. Private to "chose": -. Private to "choses": -.
"chose" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "choses" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chose" for "choses" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chose" or "choses" show up more?
Useful next steps
"chose" and "choses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "choses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #439,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chose" and "choses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choses 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 #439,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.