Which to use
“pourrie” is an adjective and “pourrit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,220
- “pourrie” frequency rank
- #26,478
- “pourrit” frequency rank
- 38698
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pourrie | pourrit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de pourri. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de pourrir. |
Same sound, different letters: pourrie vs pourrit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: pourrie vs pourrit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: pourrie and pourrit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pu.ʁi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “pourrie” becomes t in “pourrit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pourrie is recorded at frequency rank #12,220, classified as anadj, pronounced \pu.ʁi\. pourrit is at rank #26,478, tagged as averb, 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 38698, this pair ranks #253,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pourrie vs pourrit
Shared letters: iopru. Private to "pourrie": e. Private to "pourrit": t.
"pourrie" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "pourrit" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "pourrie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pourrit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pourrie" and "pourrit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pourries vs pourrit". 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 #253,429 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.