Which to use
“poupée” and “poupées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,049
- “poupée” frequency rank
- #14,537
- “poupées” frequency rank
- 24586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poupée | poupées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Figurine de forme humaine qui sert de jouet aux enfants. | Pluriel de poupée. |
Same sound, different letters: poupée vs poupées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. poupée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against poupées's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - poupée / poupées
This is the hard kind. poupée and poupées are pronounced identically (\pu.pe\) 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) - “poupée” sits inside “poupées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poupée is recorded at frequency rank #10,049, classified as anoun, pronounced \pu.pe\. poupées is at rank #14,537, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.pe\.
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 24586, this pair ranks #345,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poupée vs poupées
Shared letters: eopué. Private to "poupée": -. Private to "poupées": s.
"poupée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "poupées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poupée" for "poupées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "poupée" vs "poupées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "poupée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poupées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,773 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poupée" and "poupées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poupées vs pourpres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #345,773 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.