Which to use
“poursuivies” and “poursuivis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,773
- “poursuivies” frequency rank
- #14,117
- “poursuivis” frequency rank
- 39890
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuivies | poursuivis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de poursuivi. | Masculin pluriel de poursuivi. |
Same sound, different letters: poursuivies vs poursuivis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. poursuivies runs 11 letters (CVVCCVVCVVC) against poursuivis's 10 (CVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: poursuivies vs poursuivis
This is the hard kind. poursuivies 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuivies is recorded at frequency rank #25,773, 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 39890, this pair ranks #244,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poursuivies vs poursuivis
Shared letters: ioprsuv. Private to "poursuivies": e. Private to "poursuivis": -.
"poursuivies" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVVC · "poursuivis" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuivies ← opursuivies · porusuivies · pourrsuivies · poursiuvies · pourssuivies · poursuiives · poursuiveis · poursuiviess
- poursuivis ← opursuivis · porusuivis · pourrsuivis · poursiuvis · pourssuivis · poursuiivs · poursuiviss · poursuivsi
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poursuivies" and "poursuivis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "poursuivies" or "poursuivis"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "poursuivies" / "poursuivis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivies" 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 #244,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuivies" and "poursuivis" 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 #244,580 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.