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“poursuivent” and “poursuivront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,383
- “poursuivent” frequency rank
- #46,964
- “poursuivront” frequency rank
- 57347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuivent | poursuivront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de poursuivre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de poursuivre. |
Where the eye mixes poursuivent and poursuivront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. poursuivent runs 11 letters (CVVCCVVCVCC) against poursuivront's 12 (CVVCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: poursuivent vs poursuivront
A purely visual mix-up. poursuivent (\puʁ.sɥiv\) and poursuivront (\puʁ.sɥi.vʁɔ̃\) 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 57347, 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\. poursuivront is at rank #46,964, tagged as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi.vʁɔ̃\.
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 57347, this pair ranks #115,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poursuivent vs poursuivront
Shared letters: inoprstuv. Private to "poursuivent": e. Private to "poursuivront": -.
"poursuivent" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVCC · "poursuivront" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuivent ← opursuivent · porusuivent · pourrsuivent · poursiuvent · pourssuivent · poursuievnt · poursuivennt · poursuiventt
- poursuivront ← opursuivront · porusuivront · pourrsuivront · poursiuvront · pourssuivront · poursuirvont · poursuivornt · poursuivrnot
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poursuivent" and "poursuivront" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "poursuivent" or "poursuivront"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "poursuivent" and "poursuivront" 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 "poursuivront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,603 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuivent" and "poursuivront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poursuivons vs poursuivront". 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 #115,603 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.