saitvsstWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sait is a verb, st is a symbol, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sait” is a verb and “st” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#393
“sait” frequency rank
#1,190
“st” frequency rank
1583
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sait st
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de savoir. Symbole de la stère.

Letter map: sait vs st

Shared letters muted; letters that set sait and st apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sait
2 ch
st

Grammar separator: sait vs st

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sait is averb and stasymbol. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sait is recorded at frequency rank #393, classified as averb, pronounced \sɛ\. st is at rank #1,190, tagged as asymbol.

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 1583, this pair ranks #437,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sait vs st

Shared letters: st. Private to "sait": ai. Private to "st": -.

"sait" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "st" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • saitasit · saitt · sati · siat · ssait

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sait" and "st" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sait" is a verb and "st" a symbol, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sait" vs "st" - which ranks higher?
"sait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #393 in our French list, against #1,190 for "st". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sait" and "st".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "st" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #437,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sait" and "st" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "st vs suu". 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 #437,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list