Which to use
“plots” and “pois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,529
- “plots” frequency rank
- #9,891
- “pois” frequency rank
- 52420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | plots | pois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de plot. | Chacune des graines, de forme ronde, et enfermées dans une cosse verte, d’une espèce de fabacée (légumineuse) papilionacée. |
Where the eye mixes plots and pois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. plots runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against pois's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between plots and pois
A purely visual mix-up. plots (\plo\) and pois (\pwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
plots is recorded at frequency rank #42,529, classified as anoun, pronounced \plo\. pois is at rank #9,891, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pwa\.
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 52420, this pair ranks #147,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of plots vs pois
Shared letters: ops. Private to "plots": lt. Private to "pois": i.
"plots" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "pois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "plots" for "pois" ever safe?
Frequency check: "plots" vs "pois" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "plots" and "pois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "plots" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #147,847 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "plots" and "pois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pivots vs plots". 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 #147,847 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.