Which to use
“satyre” and “suture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,597
- “satyre” frequency rank
- #21,179
- “suture” frequency rank
- 68776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | satyre | suture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de demi-dieu qui, selon la fable, habitait les bois et qui avait des jambes, des pieds, des oreilles et une queue de cheval, parfois représenté avec des membres de bouc. | Jointure de deux parties du crâne qui entrent l’une dans l’autre par des dentelures et qui paraissent comme cousues ensemble. |
Where the eye mixes satyre and suture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. satyre and suture follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: satyre vs suture
A purely visual mix-up. satyre (\sa.tiʁ\) and suture (\sy.tyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
satyre is recorded at frequency rank #47,597, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.tiʁ\. suture is at rank #21,179, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.tyʁ\.
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 68776, this pair ranks #57,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of satyre vs suture
Shared letters: erst. Private to "satyre": ay. Private to "suture": u.
"satyre" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "suture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "satyre" for "suture" ever safe?
Frequency check: "satyre" vs "suture" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "satyre" and "suture" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "satyre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "satyre" and "suture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Saturn vs satyre". 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 #57,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.