Which to use
“poésie” and “poésies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,160
- “poésie” frequency rank
- #18,833
- “poésies” frequency rank
- 21993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poésie | poésies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Traditionnellement) Art de faire des ouvrages en vers. | Pluriel de poésie. |
Same sound, different letters: poésie vs poésies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. poésie runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against poésies's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - poésie and poésies
This is the hard kind. poésie and poésies are pronounced identically (\pɔ.e.zi\) 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) - “poésie” sits inside “poésies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poésie is recorded at frequency rank #3,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.e.zi\. poésies is at rank #18,833, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.e.zi\.
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 21993, this pair ranks #360,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poésie vs poésies
Shared letters: eiopsé. Private to "poésie": -. Private to "poésies": -.
"poésie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "poésies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poésie" and "poésies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "poésie" or "poésies"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "poésie" / "poésies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poésie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poésies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poésie" and "poésies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poésies vs polies". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #360,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.