Which to use
“satisfait” and “satisfaits” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,375
- “satisfait” frequency rank
- #12,475
- “satisfaits” frequency rank
- 16850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | satisfait | satisfaits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est content. | Masculin pluriel de satisfait. |
Same sound, different letters: satisfait vs satisfaits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. satisfait runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against satisfaits's 10 (CVCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - satisfait / satisfaits
This is the hard kind. satisfait and satisfaits are pronounced identically (\sa.tis.fɛ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “satisfait” sits inside “satisfaits”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
satisfait is recorded at frequency rank #4,375, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.tis.fɛ\. satisfaits is at rank #12,475, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sa.tis.fɛ\.
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 16850, this pair ranks #385,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of satisfait vs satisfaits
Shared letters: afist. Private to "satisfait": -. Private to "satisfaits": -.
"satisfait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "satisfaits" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- satisfait ← astisfait · saitsfait · satifsait · satisafit · satisfaitt · satisfati · satisffait · satisfiat
- satisfaits ← astisfaits · saitsfaits · satifsaits · satisafits · satisfaist · satisfaitss · satisfaitts · satisfatis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "satisfait" for "satisfaits" ever safe?
Which is more common, "satisfait" or "satisfaits"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "satisfait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "satisfaits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "satisfait" and "satisfaits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "satisfaites vs satisfaits". 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 #385,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.