Which to use
“autorisait” and “autorisant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,261
- “autorisait” frequency rank
- #12,909
- “autorisant” frequency rank
- 49170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorisait | autorisant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe autoriser. | Participe présent du verbe autoriser. |
Where the eye mixes autorisait and autorisant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: autorisait vs autorisant
A purely visual mix-up. autorisait (\ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.zɛ\) and autorisant (\ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “autorisait” becomes n in “autorisant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autorisait is recorded at frequency rank #36,261, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.zɛ\. autorisant is at rank #12,909, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃\.
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 49170, this pair ranks #172,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of autorisait vs autorisant
Shared letters: aiorstu. Private to "autorisait": -. Private to "autorisant": n.
"autorisait" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVVC · "autorisant" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autorisait ← atuorisait · auotrisait · autoirsait · autoriasit · autorisaitt · autorisati · autorisiat · autorissait
- autorisant ← atuorisant · auotrisant · autoirsant · autoriasnt · autorisannt · autorisantt · autorisatn · autorisnat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "autorisait" and "autorisant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "autorisait" or "autorisant"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "autorisait" and "autorisant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,883 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorisait" and "autorisant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorisa vs autorisait". 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 #172,883 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.