Which to use
“poussette” and “poussettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,245
- “poussette” frequency rank
- #36,539
- “poussettes” frequency rank
- 56784
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poussette | poussettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de divers jeux d’enfants. | Pluriel de poussette. |
Same sound, different letters: poussette vs poussettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. poussette runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCV) against poussettes's 10 (CVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - poussette and poussettes
This is the hard kind. poussette and poussettes are pronounced identically (\pu.sɛt\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “poussette” sits inside “poussettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poussette is recorded at frequency rank #20,245, classified as anoun, pronounced \pu.sɛt\. poussettes is at rank #36,539, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.sɛt\.
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 56784, this pair ranks #118,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poussette vs poussettes
Shared letters: eopstu. Private to "poussette": -. Private to "poussettes": -.
"poussette" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "poussettes" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- poussette ← opussette · posusette · pousestte · pousette · poussete · poussetet · pousstete · ppoussette
- poussettes ← opussettes · posusettes · pousesttes · pousettes · poussetes · poussetets · poussettess · poussettse
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "poussette" / "poussettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poussette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poussettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poussette" and "poussettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poussées vs poussettes". 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 #118,925 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.