Which to use
“poursuivons” and “poursuivront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,314
- “poursuivons” frequency rank
- #46,964
- “poursuivront” frequency rank
- 77278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poursuivons | poursuivront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de poursuivre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de poursuivre. |
Where the eye mixes poursuivons and poursuivront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. poursuivons 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.
Visual trap between poursuivons and poursuivront
A purely visual mix-up. poursuivons (\puʁ.sɥi.vɔ̃\) 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 77278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poursuivons is recorded at frequency rank #30,314, classified as averb, pronounced \puʁ.sɥi.vɔ̃\. 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 77278, this pair ranks #28,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of poursuivons vs poursuivront
Shared letters: inoprsuv. Private to "poursuivons": -. Private to "poursuivront": t.
"poursuivons" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVVCVCC · "poursuivront" · 12 letters · shape CVVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poursuivons ← opursuivons · porusuivons · pourrsuivons · poursiuvons · pourssuivons · poursuiovns · poursuivnos · poursuivonns
- poursuivront ← opursuivront · porusuivront · pourrsuivront · poursiuvront · pourssuivront · poursuirvont · poursuivornt · poursuivrnot
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poursuivons" for "poursuivront" ever safe?
Which is more common, "poursuivons" or "poursuivront"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "poursuivons" 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 #28,846 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poursuivons" and "poursuivront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poursuivants vs poursuivons". 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 #28,846 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.