Which to use
“poursuivie” and “poursuivies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,872
- “poursuivie” frequency rank
- #25,773
- “poursuivies” frequency rank
- 39645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuivie | poursuivies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de poursuivi. | Féminin pluriel de poursuivi. |
Same sound, different letters: poursuivie vs poursuivies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. poursuivie runs 10 letters (CVVCCVVCVV) against poursuivies's 11 (CVVCCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - poursuivie and poursuivies
This is the hard kind. poursuivie and poursuivies 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) - “poursuivie” sits inside “poursuivies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuivie is recorded at frequency rank #13,872, classified as anadj, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi.vi\. poursuivies is at rank #25,773, 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 39645, this pair ranks #246,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poursuivie vs poursuivies
Shared letters: eioprsuv. Private to "poursuivie": -. Private to "poursuivies": -.
"poursuivie" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVV · "poursuivies" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuivie ← opursuivie · porusuivie · pourrsuivie · poursiuvie · pourssuivie · poursuiive · poursuivei · poursuivvie
- poursuivies ← opursuivies · porusuivies · pourrsuivies · poursiuvies · pourssuivies · poursuiives · poursuiveis · poursuiviess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poursuivie" for "poursuivies" ever safe?
Which is more common, "poursuivie" or "poursuivies"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "poursuivie" / "poursuivies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,424 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuivie" and "poursuivies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poursuivez vs poursuivies". 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 #246,424 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.