Which to use
“saisissent” and “saisissez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,734
- “saisissent” frequency rank
- #27,616
- “saisissez” frequency rank
- 56350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | saisissent | saisissez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de saisir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de saisir. |
Where the eye mixes saisissent and saisissez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. saisissent runs 10 letters (CVVCVCCVCC) against saisissez's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses saisissent with saisissez
A purely visual mix-up. saisissent (\se.zis\) and saisissez (\se.zi.se\) 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 56350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
saisissent is recorded at frequency rank #28,734, classified as averb, pronounced \se.zis\. saisissez is at rank #27,616, tagged as averb, pronounced \se.zi.se\.
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 56350, this pair ranks #121,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of saisissent vs saisissez
Shared letters: aeis. Private to "saisissent": nt. Private to "saisissez": z.
"saisissent" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCC · "saisissez" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- saisissent ← asisissent · saiisssent · saisisent · saisisesnt · saisissennt · saisissentt · saisissetn · saisissnet
- saisissez ← asisissez · saiisssez · saisisesz · saisisez · saisissezz · saisissze · saissisez · saississez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "saisissent" for "saisissez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "saisissent" or "saisissez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "saisissent" and "saisissez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "saisissent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "saisissez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "saisissent" and "saisissez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "saisissante vs saisissent". 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 #121,647 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.