Which to use
“saisie” is a noun and “saisis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,345
- “saisie” frequency rank
- #9,389
- “saisis” frequency rank
- 15734
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saisie | saisis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de saisir. | Masculin pluriel de saisi. |
Same sound, different letters: saisie vs saisis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - saisie and saisis
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: saisie and saisis carry the same recorded pronunciation, \se.zi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “saisie” becomes s in “saisis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saisie is recorded at frequency rank #6,345, classified as anoun, pronounced \se.zi\. saisis is at rank #9,389, tagged as anadj, 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 15734, this pair ranks #391,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of saisie vs saisis
Shared letters: ais. Private to "saisie": e. Private to "saisis": -.
"saisie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "saisis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saisie" for "saisis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "saisie" vs "saisis" - which ranks higher?
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 "saisie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saisis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saisie" and "saisis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sadie vs saisie". 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 #391,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.