Which to use
“poulet” and “poulets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,363
- “poulet” frequency rank
- #15,216
- “poulets” frequency rank
- 19579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poulet | poulets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte. | Pluriel de poulet. |
Same sound, different letters: poulet vs poulets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - poulet and poulets
This is the hard kind. poulet and poulets are pronounced identically (\pu.lɛ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “poulet” sits inside “poulets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poulet is recorded at frequency rank #4,363, classified as anoun, pronounced \pu.lɛ\. poulets is at rank #15,216, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.lɛ\.
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 19579, this pair ranks #372,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poulet vs poulets
Shared letters: eloptu. Private to "poulet": -. Private to "poulets": s.
"poulet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "poulets" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poulet" and "poulets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "poulet" or "poulets"?
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 "poulet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poulets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poulet" and "poulets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poulets vs poulies". 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 #372,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.