Which to use
“choses” and “closer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #278
- “choses” frequency rank
- #24,907
- “closer” frequency rank
- 25185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | choses | closer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chose. | Finisseur. |
Where the eye mixes choses and closer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: choses vs closer
A purely visual mix-up. choses (\ʃoz\) and closer (\klo.zœʁ\) 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 25185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
choses is recorded at frequency rank #278, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃoz\. closer is at rank #24,907, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klo.zœʁ\.
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 25185, this pair ranks #342,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of choses vs closer
Shared letters: ceos. Private to "choses": h. Private to "closer": lr.
"choses" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "closer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "choses" for "closer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "choses" vs "closer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "choses" and "closer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "choses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "closer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,309 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "choses" and "closer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "closer vs clouer". 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 #342,309 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.