Which to use
“puis” is an adverb and “puy” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #172
- “puis” frequency rank
- #9,901
- “puy” frequency rank
- 10073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puis | puy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (adverbe de temps) Permet l’enchaînement chronologique d’évènements. | Mont, montagne. |
Same sound, different letters: puis vs puy
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: puis and puy carry the same recorded pronunciation, \pɥi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadverb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puis is recorded at frequency rank #172, classified as anadv, pronounced \pɥi\. puy is at rank #9,901, 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 10073, this pair ranks #414,317 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of puis vs puy
Shared letters: pu. Private to "puis": is. Private to "puy": y.
"puis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "puy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- puis ← pius · ppuis · puiss · pusi · upis