Which to use
“puisé” and “puisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,135
- “puisé” frequency rank
- #14,337
- “puisses” frequency rank
- 46472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | puisé | puisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de puiser. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de pouvoir. |
Where the eye mixes puisé and puisses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. puisé runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against puisses's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between puisé and puisses
A purely visual mix-up. puisé (\pɥi.ze\) and puisses (\pɥis\) 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 46472, 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\. puisses is at rank #14,337, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɥis\.
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 46472, this pair ranks #194,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of puisé vs puisses
Shared letters: ipsu. Private to "puisé": é. Private to "puisses": e.
"puisé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "puisses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- puisses ← piusses · ppuisses · puisess · puissess · puissse · pusises · upisses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "puisé" and "puisses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "puisé" vs "puisses" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "puisé" and "puisses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "puisé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "puisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "puisé" and "puisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "priée vs puisé". 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 #194,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.