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“fournissaient” and “fournissant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,096
- “fournissaient” frequency rank
- #14,044
- “fournissant” frequency rank
- 63140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournissaient | fournissant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de fournir. | Participe présent de fournir. |
Where the eye mixes fournissaient and fournissant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. fournissaient runs 13 letters (CVVCCVCCVVVCC) against fournissant's 11 (CVVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fournissaient vs fournissant
A purely visual mix-up. fournissaient (\fuʁ.ni.sɛ\) and fournissant (\fuʁ.ni.sɑ̃\) 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 63140, 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\. fournissant is at rank #14,044, tagged as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.ni.sɑ̃\.
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 63140, this pair ranks #83,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fournissaient vs fournissant
Shared letters: afinorstu. Private to "fournissaient": e. Private to "fournissant": -.
"fournissaient" · 13 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVVCC · "fournissant" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fournissaient ← ffournissaient · forunissaient · founrissaient · fourinssaient · fournisaient · fournisasient · fournissaeint · fournissaiennt
- fournissant ← ffournissant · forunissant · founrissant · fourinssant · fournisant · fournisasnt · fournissannt · fournissantt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fournissaient" for "fournissant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fournissaient" vs "fournissant" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournissaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournissant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournissaient" and "fournissant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fournissaient vs fournissait". 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 #83,543 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.