Which to use
“poussin” and “poussins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,724
- “poussin” frequency rank
- #23,318
- “poussins” frequency rank
- 39042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | poussin | poussins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit de la poule encore recouvert de duvet. | Pluriel de poussin. |
Same sound, different letters: poussin vs poussins
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. poussin runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against poussins's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - poussin and poussins
This is the hard kind. poussin and poussins are pronounced identically (\pu.sɛ̃\) 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) - “poussin” sits inside “poussins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
poussin is recorded at frequency rank #15,724, classified as anoun, pronounced \pu.sɛ̃\. poussins is at rank #23,318, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pu.sɛ̃\.
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 39042, this pair ranks #250,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of poussin vs poussins
Shared letters: inopsu. Private to "poussin": -. Private to "poussins": -.
"poussin" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "poussins" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "poussin" and "poussins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "poussin" vs "poussins" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "poussin" / "poussins". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "poussin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poussins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "poussin" and "poussins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poulin vs poussin". 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 #250,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.