Which to use
“repoussent” and “repousser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,941
- “repoussent” frequency rank
- #7,492
- “repousser” frequency rank
- 35433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repoussent | repousser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de repousser. | Pousser en arrière, rejeter ; faire reculer quelqu’un, écarter de soi quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes repoussent and repousser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: repoussent vs repousser
A purely visual mix-up. repoussent (\ʁə.pus\) and repousser (\ʁə.pu.se\) 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 35433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repoussent is recorded at frequency rank #27,941, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pus\. repousser is at rank #7,492, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pu.se\.
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 35433, this pair ranks #276,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repoussent vs repousser
Shared letters: eoprsu. Private to "repoussent": nt. Private to "repousser": -.
"repoussent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC · "repousser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repoussent ← erpoussent · reopussent · reposusent · repousent · repousesnt · repoussennt · repoussentt · repoussetn
- repousser ← erpousser · reopusser · reposuser · repouser · repousesr · repousserr · repoussre · reppousser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repoussent" and "repousser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "repoussent" vs "repousser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "repoussent" and "repousser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "repoussent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repousser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repoussent" and "repousser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repoussées vs repoussent". 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 #276,800 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.