PissevspuissesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Pisse is a noun, puisses is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Pisse” is a noun and “puisses” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,364
“Pisse” frequency rank
#14,337
“puisses” frequency rank
23701
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Pisse puisses
Definition Pisse. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pouvoir.

Letter map: Pisse vs puisses

Shared letters muted; letters that set Pisse and puisses apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Pisse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against puisses's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Pisse
7 ch
puisses

Role in the sentence - Pisse and puisses

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Pisse is anoun and puissesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Pisse is recorded at frequency rank #9,364, classified as anoun. puisses is at rank #14,337, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɥis\.

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 23701, this pair ranks #350,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Pisse vs puisses

Shared letters: eips. Private to "Pisse": -. Private to "puisses": u.

"Pisse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "puisses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Pisse ← ipsse · pise · pises · ppisse · psise
  • puisses ← piusses · ppuisses · puisess · puissess · puissse · pusises · upisses

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Pisse" and "puisses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Pisse" is a noun and "puisses" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Pisse" or "puisses" show up more?
"Pisse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,364 in our French list, against #14,337 for "puisses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Pisse" vs "puisses" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Pisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "puisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #350,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Pisse" and "puisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prisées vs puisses". 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 #350,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list