Which to use
“poursuite” and “poursuites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,634
- “poursuite” frequency rank
- #7,219
- “poursuites” frequency rank
- 10853
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuite | poursuites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de celui ou de celle qui poursuit un homme ou un animal, qui court après pour l’atteindre, pour le prendre. | Pluriel de poursuite. |
Same sound, different letters: poursuite vs poursuites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - poursuite / poursuites
This is the hard kind. poursuite and poursuites are pronounced identically (\puʁ.sɥit\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “poursuite” sits inside “poursuites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuite is recorded at frequency rank #3,634, classified as anoun, pronounced \puʁ.sɥit\. 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 10853, this pair ranks #411,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poursuite vs poursuites
Shared letters: eioprstu. Private to "poursuite": -. Private to "poursuites": -.
"poursuite" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCV · "poursuites" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuite ← opursuite · porusuite · pourrsuite · poursiute · pourssuite · poursuiet · poursuitte · poursutie
- poursuites ← opursuites · porusuites · pourrsuites · poursiutes · pourssuites · poursuiets · poursuitess · poursuitse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poursuite" for "poursuites" ever safe?
Which is more common, "poursuite" or "poursuites"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "poursuite" / "poursuites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuite" 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 #411,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuite" 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 #411,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.