# poilu vs poli

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### poilu
*adjective · IPA \pwa.ly\ · frequency rank #22,651*
Qui est velu, couvert de poils.

### poli
*adjective · IPA \po.li\ · frequency rank #9,059*
Lisse, luisant.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/poilu-vs-poli