Which to use
“autorisant” and “autorisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,909
- “autorisant” frequency rank
- #20,929
- “autorisent” frequency rank
- 33838
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | autorisant | autorisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent du verbe autoriser. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe autoriser. |
Where the eye mixes autorisant and autorisent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. autorisant and autorisent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between autorisant and autorisent
A purely visual mix-up. autorisant (\ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃\) and autorisent (\ɔ.tɔ.ʁiz\) 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 - a in “autorisant” becomes e in “autorisent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33838, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
autorisant is recorded at frequency rank #12,909, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃\. autorisent is at rank #20,929, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.tɔ.ʁiz\.
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 33838, this pair ranks #287,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of autorisant vs autorisent
Shared letters: ainorstu. Private to "autorisant": -. Private to "autorisent": e.
"autorisant" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCC · "autorisent" · 10 letters · shape VVCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- autorisant ← atuorisant · auotrisant · autoirsant · autoriasnt · autorisannt · autorisantt · autorisatn · autorisnat
- autorisent ← atuorisent · auotrisent · autoirsent · autoriesnt · autorisennt · autorisentt · autorisetn · autorisnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "autorisant" and "autorisent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "autorisant" or "autorisent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "autorisant" and "autorisent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "autorisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "autorisant" and "autorisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "autorisent vs autorisez". 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 #287,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.