Which to use
“puisé” and “puiser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,135
- “puisé” frequency rank
- #19,120
- “puiser” frequency rank
- 51255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puisé | puiser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de puiser. | Prendre de l’eau dans un puits. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set puisé and puiser apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. puisé and puiser are pronounced identically (\pɥi.ze\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51255, 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\. puiser is at rank #19,120, 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 51255, this pair ranks #156,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of puisé vs puiser
Shared letters: ipsu. Private to "puisé": é. Private to "puiser": er.
"puisé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "puiser" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- puiser ← piuser · ppuiser · puiesr · puiserr · puisre · puisser · pusier · upiser