Which to use
“poursuis” and “poursuit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,409
- “poursuis” frequency rank
- #3,096
- “poursuit” frequency rank
- 36505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuis | poursuit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. |
Same sound, different letters: poursuis vs poursuit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. poursuis and poursuit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - poursuis and poursuit
This is the hard kind. poursuis and poursuit are pronounced identically (\puʁ.sɥi\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “poursuis” becomes t in “poursuit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuis is recorded at frequency rank #33,409, classified as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi\. poursuit is at rank #3,096, tagged as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi\.
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 36505, this pair ranks #269,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poursuis vs poursuit
Shared letters: ioprsu. Private to "poursuis": -. Private to "poursuit": t.
"poursuis" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "poursuit" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poursuis" and "poursuit" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "poursuis" vs "poursuit" - 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 "poursuis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuis" and "poursuit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poursuis vs poursuive". 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 #269,111 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.