Which to use
“poursuivi” and “poursuivis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,127
- “poursuivi” frequency rank
- #14,117
- “poursuivis” frequency rank
- 20244
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuivi | poursuivis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est chassé. | Masculin pluriel de poursuivi. |
Same sound, different letters: poursuivi vs poursuivis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. poursuivi runs 9 letters (CVVCCVVCV) against poursuivis's 10 (CVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: poursuivi vs poursuivis
This is the hard kind. poursuivi and poursuivis are pronounced identically (\puʁ.sɥi.vi\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “poursuivi” sits inside “poursuivis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuivi is recorded at frequency rank #6,127, classified as anadj, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi.vi\. poursuivis is at rank #14,117, tagged as anadj, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi.vi\.
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 20244, this pair ranks #369,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poursuivi vs poursuivis
Shared letters: ioprsuv. Private to "poursuivi": -. Private to "poursuivis": -.
"poursuivi" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCV · "poursuivis" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuivi ← opursuivi · porusuivi · pourrsuivi · poursiuvi · pourssuivi · poursuiiv · poursuivvi · poursuvii
- poursuivis ← opursuivis · porusuivis · pourrsuivis · poursiuvis · pourssuivis · poursuiivs · poursuiviss · poursuivsi
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "poursuivi" and "poursuivis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "poursuivi" or "poursuivis"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "poursuivi" / "poursuivis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuivi" and "poursuivis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poursuivez vs poursuivis". 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 #369,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.