Which to use
“poursuivent” and “poursuivez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,383
- “poursuivent” frequency rank
- #43,079
- “poursuivez” frequency rank
- 53462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuivent | poursuivez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poursuivre. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. |
Where the eye mixes poursuivent and poursuivez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. poursuivent runs 11 letters (CVVCCVVCVCC) against poursuivez's 10 (CVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between poursuivent and poursuivez
A purely visual mix-up. poursuivent (\puʁ.sɥiv\) and poursuivez (\puʁ.sɥi.ve\) 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 53462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuivent is recorded at frequency rank #10,383, classified as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥiv\. poursuivez is at rank #43,079, tagged as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi.ve\.
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 53462, this pair ranks #140,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poursuivent vs poursuivez
Shared letters: eioprsuv. Private to "poursuivent": nt. Private to "poursuivez": z.
"poursuivent" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVCC · "poursuivez" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuivent ← opursuivent · porusuivent · pourrsuivent · poursiuvent · pourssuivent · poursuievnt · poursuivennt · poursuiventt
- poursuivez ← opursuivez · porusuivez · pourrsuivez · poursiuvez · pourssuivez · poursuievz · poursuivezz · poursuivvez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poursuivent" and "poursuivez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "poursuivent" or "poursuivez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "poursuivent" and "poursuivez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuivent" and "poursuivez" 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 #140,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.