Which to use
“poursuis” and “pourvues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,409
- “poursuis” frequency rank
- #36,106
- “pourvues” frequency rank
- 69515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuis | pourvues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de pourvoir. |
Where the eye mixes poursuis and pourvues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. poursuis and pourvues follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between poursuis and pourvues
A purely visual mix-up. poursuis (\puʁ.sɥi\) and pourvues (\puʁ.vy\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69515, 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\. pourvues is at rank #36,106, tagged as averb, pronounced \puʁ.vy\.
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 69515, this pair ranks #54,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of poursuis vs pourvues
Shared letters: oprsu. Private to "poursuis": i. Private to "pourvues": ev.
"poursuis" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "pourvues" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poursuis" for "pourvues" ever safe?
Frequency check: "poursuis" vs "pourvues" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pourvues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuis" and "pourvues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pourpres vs pourvues". 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 #54,830 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.