Which to use
“polie” and “polies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,285
- “polie” frequency rank
- #43,074
- “polies” frequency rank
- 61359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | polie | polies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de poli. | Féminin pluriel de poli. |
Same sound, different letters: polie vs polies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. polie runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against polies's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - polie and polies
This is the hard kind. polie and polies are pronounced identically (\po.li\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “polie” sits inside “polies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
polie is recorded at frequency rank #18,285, classified as anadj, pronounced \po.li\. polies is at rank #43,074, tagged as anadj, pronounced \po.li\.
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 61359, this pair ranks #92,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of polie vs polies
Shared letters: eilop. Private to "polie": -. Private to "polies": s.
"polie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "polies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "polie" and "polies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "polie" vs "polies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "polie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "polies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "polie" and "polies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poilues vs polies". 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 #92,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.