Which to use
“poursuis” and “poursuive” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,409
- “poursuis” frequency rank
- #36,538
- “poursuive” frequency rank
- 69947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuis | poursuive |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de poursuivre. |
Where the eye mixes poursuis and poursuive
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. poursuis runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against poursuive's 9 (CVVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poursuis and poursuive
A purely visual mix-up. poursuis (\puʁ.sɥi\) and poursuive (\puʁ.sɥiv\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69947, 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\. poursuive is at rank #36,538, tagged as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥiv\.
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 69947, this pair ranks #53,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of poursuis vs poursuive
Shared letters: ioprsu. Private to "poursuis": -. Private to "poursuive": ev.
"poursuis" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "poursuive" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poursuis" and "poursuive" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "poursuis" or "poursuive"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "poursuis" and "poursuive" 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 "poursuive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,218 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuis" and "poursuive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poursuive vs poursuivez". 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 #53,218 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.