Which to use
“puce” and “puit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,614
- “puce” frequency rank
- #41,476
- “puit” frequency rank
- 49090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puce | puit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Insecte ectoparasite de très petite taille se déplaçant par saut et qui se nourrit du sang de divers animaux dont l’humain. | Variante orthographique de puits. |
Where the eye mixes puce and puit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between puce and puit
A purely visual mix-up. puce (\pys\) and puit (\pɥi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puce is recorded at frequency rank #7,614, classified as anoun, pronounced \pys\. puit is at rank #41,476, tagged as anoun, pronounced \pɥi\.
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 49090, this pair ranks #173,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of puce vs puit
Shared letters: pu. Private to "puce": ce. Private to "puit": it.
"puce" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "puit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "puce" for "puit" ever safe?
Which is more common, "puce" or "puit"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "puce" and "puit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "puce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puce" and "puit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pio vs puit". 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 #173,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.