Which to use
“pourri” and “pourris” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,227
- “pourri” frequency rank
- #13,034
- “pourris” frequency rank
- 19261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pourri | pourris |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ou Qui est en état de pourriture ou de corruption. | Masculin pluriel de pourri. |
Same sound, different letters: pourri vs pourris
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. pourri runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against pourris's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: pourri vs pourris
This is the hard kind. pourri and pourris are pronounced identically (\pu.ʁi\) 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) - “pourri” sits inside “pourris”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pourri is recorded at frequency rank #6,227, classified as anadj, pronounced \pu.ʁi\. pourris is at rank #13,034, tagged as anadj, pronounced \pu.ʁi\.
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 19261, this pair ranks #374,131 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pourri vs pourris
Shared letters: iopru. Private to "pourri": -. Private to "pourris": s.
"pourri" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "pourris" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pourri" for "pourris" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pourri" or "pourris"?
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 "pourri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pourris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,131 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pourri" and "pourris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Polaris vs pourris". 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 #374,131 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.