Which to use
“pues” and “puisé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,225
- “pues” frequency rank
- #32,135
- “puisé” frequency rank
- 67360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pues | puisé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de puer. | Participe passé masculin singulier de puiser. |
Where the eye mixes pues and puisé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pues runs 4 letters (CVVC) against puisé's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pues vs puisé
A purely visual mix-up. pues (\py\) and puisé (\pɥi.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pues is recorded at frequency rank #35,225, classified as averb, pronounced \py\. puisé is at rank #32,135, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɥi.ze\.
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 67360, this pair ranks #63,756 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pues vs puisé
Shared letters: psu. Private to "pues": e. Private to "puisé": ié.
"pues" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "puisé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pues ← peus · ppues · puess · puse · upes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pues" and "puisé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "pues" or "puisé"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pues" and "puisé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,756 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pues" and "puisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prep vs pues". 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 #63,756 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.