Which to use
“poids” and “puits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,071
- “poids” frequency rank
- #5,282
- “puits” frequency rank
- 6353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poids | puits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Force exercée par la pesanteur ; force qui attire les objets vers le sol. | Trou qui s’enfonce dans le sol pour tirer de l’eau, du pétrole, du gaz naturel, ou tout autre fluide qui se trouve en profondeur. |
Where the eye mixes poids and puits
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: poids vs puits
A purely visual mix-up. poids (\pwa\) and puits (\pɥi\) 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 6353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poids is recorded at frequency rank #1,071, classified as anoun, pronounced \pwa\. puits is at rank #5,282, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɥi\.
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 6353, this pair ranks #426,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poids vs puits
Shared letters: ips. Private to "poids": do. Private to "puits": tu.
"poids" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "puits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poids" for "puits" ever safe?
Frequency check: "poids" vs "puits" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "poids" and "puits" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poids" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,479 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poids" and "puits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peins vs puits". 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 #426,479 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.