Which to use
“pieuse” and “pieuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,079
- “pieuse” frequency rank
- #49,855
- “pieuses” frequency rank
- 78934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pieuse | pieuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de pieux. | Féminin pluriel de pieux. |
Same sound, different letters: pieuse vs pieuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - pieuse and pieuses
This is the hard kind. pieuse and pieuses are pronounced identically (\pjøz\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “pieuse” sits inside “pieuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pieuse is recorded at frequency rank #29,079, classified as anadj, pronounced \pjøz\. pieuses is at rank #49,855, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pjøz\.
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 78934, this pair ranks #24,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pieuse vs pieuses
Shared letters: eipsu. Private to "pieuse": -. Private to "pieuses": -.
"pieuse" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV · "pieuses" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pieuse" and "pieuses" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "pieuse" or "pieuses"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "pieuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pieuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pieuse" and "pieuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pieuses vs piqués". 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 #24,479 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.