Which to use
“poursuit” is a verb and “poursuites” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,096
- “poursuit” frequency rank
- #7,219
- “poursuites” frequency rank
- 10315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuit | poursuites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. | Pluriel de poursuite. |
Where the eye mixes poursuit and poursuites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between poursuit and poursuites
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: poursuit is \puʁ.sɥi\ while poursuites is \puʁ.sɥit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “poursuit” sits inside “poursuites”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuit is recorded at frequency rank #3,096, classified as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi\. poursuites is at rank #7,219, 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 10315, this pair ranks #413,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poursuit vs poursuites
Shared letters: ioprstu. Private to "poursuit": -. Private to "poursuites": e.
"poursuit" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "poursuites" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuit ← opursuit · porusuit · pourrsuit · poursiut · pourssuit · poursuitt · poursuti · pourusit
- poursuites ← opursuites · porusuites · pourrsuites · poursiutes · pourssuites · poursuiets · poursuitess · poursuitse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poursuit" and "poursuites" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "poursuit" vs "poursuites" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,436 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuit" and "poursuites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poursuites 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 #413,436 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.