Which to use
“fournissait” and “fournissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,565
- “fournissait” frequency rank
- #9,838
- “fournissent” frequency rank
- 38403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournissait | fournissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de fournir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de fournir. |
Where the eye mixes fournissait and fournissent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. fournissait (CVVCCVCCVVC) and fournissent (CVVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: fournissait vs fournissent
A purely visual mix-up. fournissait (\fuʁ.ni.sɛ\) and fournissent (\fuʁ.nis\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fournissait is recorded at frequency rank #28,565, classified as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.ni.sɛ\. fournissent is at rank #9,838, tagged as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.nis\.
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 38403, this pair ranks #255,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fournissait vs fournissent
Shared letters: finorstu. Private to "fournissait": a. Private to "fournissent": e.
"fournissait" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVVC · "fournissent" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fournissait ← ffournissait · forunissait · founrissait · fourinssait · fournisait · fournisasit · fournissaitt · fournissati
- fournissent ← ffournissent · forunissent · founrissent · fourinssent · fournisent · fournisesnt · fournissennt · fournissentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "fournissait" and "fournissent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "fournissait" or "fournissent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fournissait" and "fournissent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournissait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fournissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournissait" and "fournissent" 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 #255,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.