Which to use
“poussée” and “poussés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,802
- “poussée” frequency rank
- #16,213
- “poussés” frequency rank
- 22015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poussée | poussés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de pousser. | Pluriel de poussé. |
Same sound, different letters: poussée vs poussés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. poussée (CVVCCVV) and poussés (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - poussée and poussés
This is the hard kind. poussée and poussés are pronounced identically (\pu.se\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “poussée” becomes s in “poussés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poussée is recorded at frequency rank #5,802, classified as anoun, pronounced \pu.se\. poussés is at rank #16,213, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.se\.
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 22015, this pair ranks #360,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of poussée vs poussés
Shared letters: opsué. Private to "poussée": e. Private to "poussés": -.
"poussée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "poussés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "poussée" for "poussés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "poussée" or "poussés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "poussée" / "poussés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poussée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poussés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,239 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poussée" and "poussés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poulies vs poussés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #360,239 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.