Which to use
“sautait” and “sautent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,529
- “sautait” frequency rank
- #20,565
- “sautent” frequency rank
- 62094
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sautait | sautent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de sauter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sauter. |
Where the eye mixes sautait and sautent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sautait (CVVCVVC) and sautent (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between sautait and sautent
A purely visual mix-up. sautait (\so.tɛ\) and sautent (\sot\) 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 62094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sautait is recorded at frequency rank #41,529, classified as averb, pronounced \so.tɛ\. sautent is at rank #20,565, tagged as averb, pronounced \sot\.
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 62094, this pair ranks #88,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sautait vs sautent
Shared letters: astu. Private to "sautait": i. Private to "sautent": en.
"sautait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "sautent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sautait" for "sautent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sautait" vs "sautent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sautait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sautent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sautait" and "sautent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauta vs sautait". 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 #88,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.