Which to use
“poussée” is a noun and “poussez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,802
- “poussée” frequency rank
- #27,916
- “poussez” frequency rank
- 33718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poussée | poussez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de pousser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de pousser. |
Same sound, different letters: poussée vs poussez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. poussée (CVVCCVV) and poussez (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: poussée vs poussez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: poussée and poussez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pu.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33718, 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\. poussez is at rank #27,916, tagged as averb, 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 33718, this pair ranks #288,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poussée vs poussez
Shared letters: eopsu. Private to "poussée": é. Private to "poussez": z.
"poussée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "poussez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poussez ← opussez · posusez · pousesz · pousez · poussezz · poussze · ppoussez · puossez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"poussée" and "poussez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "poussée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poussez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poussée" and "poussez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poussez vs pressez". 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 #288,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.