Which to use
“puisé” and “puisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,135
- “puisé” frequency rank
- #44,119
- “puisent” frequency rank
- 76254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puisé | puisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de puiser. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de puiser. |
Where the eye mixes puisé and puisent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. puisé runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against puisent's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: puisé vs puisent
A purely visual mix-up. puisé (\pɥi.ze\) and puisent (\pɥiz\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
puisé is recorded at frequency rank #32,135, classified as averb, pronounced \pɥi.ze\. puisent is at rank #44,119, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɥiz\.
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 76254, this pair ranks #31,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of puisé vs puisent
Shared letters: ipsu. Private to "puisé": é. Private to "puisent": ent.
"puisé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "puisent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- puisent ← piusent · ppuisent · puiesnt · puisennt · puisentt · puisetn · puisnet · pusient
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "puisé" and "puisent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "puisé" or "puisent"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "puisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puisé" and "puisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plient vs puisent". 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 #31,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.