Which to use
“poire” is a noun and “pondre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,720
- “poire” frequency rank
- #22,035
- “pondre” frequency rank
- 37755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poire | pondre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit à pépin, de saveur agréable, ordinairement de forme oblongue, et qui va en diminuant vers la queue. | Faire, déposer un ou des œufs. |
Where the eye mixes poire and pondre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. poire runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against pondre's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: poire vs pondre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: poire is \pwaʁ\ while pondre is \pɔ̃dʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poire is recorded at frequency rank #15,720, classified as anoun, pronounced \pwaʁ\. pondre is at rank #22,035, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɔ̃dʁ\.
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 37755, this pair ranks #260,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poire vs pondre
Shared letters: eopr. Private to "poire": i. Private to "pondre": dn.
"poire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "pondre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poire" and "pondre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "poire" vs "pondre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "poire" and "pondre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pondre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,159 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poire" and "pondre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pondérée vs pondre". 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 #260,159 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.