Which to use
“saillie” and “saisie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,960
- “saillie” frequency rank
- #6,345
- “saisie” frequency rank
- 34305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saillie | saisie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élan, mouvement soudain fait avec impétuosité. | Action de saisir. |
Where the eye mixes saillie and saisie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: saillie vs saisie
A purely visual mix-up. saillie (\sa.ji\) and saisie (\se.zi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saillie is recorded at frequency rank #27,960, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.ji\. saisie is at rank #6,345, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.zi\.
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 34305, this pair ranks #284,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of saillie vs saisie
Shared letters: aeis. Private to "saillie": l. Private to "saisie": -.
"saillie" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "saisie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saillie" for "saisie" ever safe?
Frequency check: "saillie" vs "saisie" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "saillie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saisie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saillie" and "saisie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saillie vs seille". 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 #284,750 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.