Which to use
“sauta” and “sautait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,174
- “sauta” frequency rank
- #41,529
- “sautait” frequency rank
- 85703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauta | sautait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de sauter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de sauter. |
Where the eye mixes sauta and sautait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sauta vs sautait
A purely visual mix-up. sauta (\so.ta\) and sautait (\so.tɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “sauta” sits inside “sautait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauta is recorded at frequency rank #44,174, classified as averb, pronounced \so.ta\. sautait is at rank #41,529, tagged as averb, pronounced \so.tɛ\.
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 85703, this pair ranks #10,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sauta vs sautait
Shared letters: astu. Private to "sauta": -. Private to "sautait": i.
"sauta" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "sautait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sauta" and "sautait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sauta" or "sautait"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sauta" and "sautait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sautait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauta" and "sautait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauta vs sutra". 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 #10,895 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.