Which to use
“fournisse” and “fournissent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,773
- “fournisse” frequency rank
- #9,838
- “fournissent” frequency rank
- 50611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fournisse | fournissent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de fournir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de fournir. |
Same sound, different letters: fournisse vs fournissent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. fournisse runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCV) against fournissent's 11 (CVVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: fournisse vs fournissent
This is the hard kind. fournisse and fournissent are pronounced identically (\fuʁ.nis\) 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 extra letter(s) - “fournisse” sits inside “fournissent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fournisse is recorded at frequency rank #40,773, classified as averb, pronounced \fuʁ.nis\. 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 50611, this pair ranks #161,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fournisse vs fournissent
Shared letters: efinorsu. Private to "fournisse": -. Private to "fournissent": t.
"fournisse" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "fournissent" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- fournisse ← ffournisse · forunisse · founrisse · fourinsse · fournises · fournnisse · fournsise · fourrnisse
- fournissent ← ffournissent · forunissent · founrissent · fourinssent · fournisent · fournisesnt · fournissennt · fournissentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fournisse" for "fournissent" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "fournisse" 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 #161,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fournisse" and "fournissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fournaise vs fournisse". 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 #161,280 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.