Which to use
“poulet” and “poulies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,363
- “poulet” frequency rank
- #40,932
- “poulies” frequency rank
- 45295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poulet | poulies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit du coq et de la poule, plus âgé que le poussin, avant d’être adulte. | Pluriel de poulie. |
Where the eye mixes poulet and poulies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. poulet runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against poulies's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poulet and poulies
A purely visual mix-up. poulet (\pu.lɛ\) and poulies (\pu.li\) 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 45295, 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\. poulies is at rank #40,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.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 45295, this pair ranks #203,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poulet vs poulies
Shared letters: elopu. Private to "poulet": t. Private to "poulies": is.
"poulet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "poulies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poulet" for "poulies" ever safe?
Which is more common, "poulet" or "poulies"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "poulet" and "poulies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poulet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poulies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poulet" and "poulies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poulies vs pouliot". 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 #203,861 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.