Which to use
“poule” and “pull” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,602
- “poule” frequency rank
- #8,135
- “pull” frequency rank
- 12737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poule | pull |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femelle du coq. | Pull-over. |
Where the eye mixes poule and pull
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. poule runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against pull's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poule and pull
A purely visual mix-up. poule (\pul\) and pull (\pyl\) 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 12737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poule is recorded at frequency rank #4,602, classified as anoun, pronounced \pul\. pull is at rank #8,135, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pyl\.
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 12737, this pair ranks #403,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poule vs pull
Shared letters: lpu. Private to "poule": eo. Private to "pull": -.
"poule" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "pull" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poule" and "pull" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "poule" or "pull" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "poule" and "pull" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pull" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,973 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poule" and "pull" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parl vs pull". 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 #403,973 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.