# poilus vs poings

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### poilus
*adjective · IPA \pwa.ly\ · frequency rank #28,295*
Masculin pluriel de poilu.

### poings
*noun · IPA \pwɛ̃\ · frequency rank #15,210*
Pluriel de poing.

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