Which to use
“poursuis” is a verb and “poursuite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,409
- “poursuis” frequency rank
- #3,634
- “poursuite” frequency rank
- 37043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuis | poursuite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. | Action de celui ou de celle qui poursuit un homme ou un animal, qui court après pour l’atteindre, pour le prendre. |
Where the eye mixes poursuis and poursuite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. poursuis runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against poursuite's 9 (CVVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poursuis and poursuite
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: poursuis is \puʁ.sɥi\ while poursuite is \puʁ.sɥit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37043, 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\. poursuite is at rank #3,634, tagged as anoun, pronounced \puʁ.sɥit\.
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 37043, this pair ranks #265,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poursuis vs poursuite
Shared letters: ioprsu. Private to "poursuis": -. Private to "poursuite": et.
"poursuis" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "poursuite" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poursuis" for "poursuite" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "poursuis" or "poursuite" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "poursuis" and "poursuite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,284 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuis" and "poursuite" 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 #265,284 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.