Which to use
“fournissaient” and “fournissait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,096
- “fournissaient” frequency rank
- #28,565
- “fournissait” frequency rank
- 77661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournissaient | fournissait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de fournir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de fournir. |
Same sound, different letters: fournissaient vs fournissait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. fournissaient runs 13 letters (CVVCCVCCVVVCC) against fournissait's 11 (CVVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - fournissaient and fournissait
This is the hard kind. fournissaient and fournissait are pronounced identically (\fuʁ.ni.sɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fournissaient is recorded at frequency rank #49,096, classified as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.ni.sɛ\. fournissait is at rank #28,565, tagged as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.ni.sɛ\.
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 77661, this pair ranks #27,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fournissaient vs fournissait
Shared letters: afinorstu. Private to "fournissaient": e. Private to "fournissait": -.
"fournissaient" · 13 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVVCC · "fournissait" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fournissaient ← ffournissaient · forunissaient · founrissaient · fourinssaient · fournisaient · fournisasient · fournissaeint · fournissaiennt
- fournissait ← ffournissait · forunissait · founrissait · fourinssait · fournisait · fournisasit · fournissaitt · fournissati
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fournissaient" and "fournissait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fournissaient" vs "fournissait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"fournissaient" and "fournissait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournissaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournissait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournissaient" and "fournissait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fournissaient vs fournissant". 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 #27,765 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.