Which to use
“poison” and “potiron” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,216
- “poison” frequency rank
- #46,363
- “potiron” frequency rank
- 55579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poison | potiron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance qui, introduite dans l’organisme, altère ou même détruit les fonctions vitales. | Espèce de champignon. |
Where the eye mixes poison and potiron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. poison runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against potiron's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: poison vs potiron
A purely visual mix-up. poison (\pwa.zɔ̃\) and potiron (\pɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poison is recorded at frequency rank #9,216, classified as anoun, pronounced \pwa.zɔ̃\. potiron is at rank #46,363, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɔ.ti.ʁɔ̃\.
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 55579, this pair ranks #126,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poison vs potiron
Shared letters: inop. Private to "poison": s. Private to "potiron": rt.
"poison" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "potiron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poison" and "potiron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "poison" or "potiron" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "poison" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "potiron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poison" and "potiron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piron vs potiron". 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 #126,575 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.