Which to use
“sautent” and “sauter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,565
- “sautent” frequency rank
- #3,800
- “sauter” frequency rank
- 24365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sautent | sauter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sauter. | S’élancer en l’air, soit pour retomber au même endroit, soit pour franchir un espace. |
Where the eye mixes sautent and sauter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sautent with sauter
A purely visual mix-up. sautent (\sot\) and sauter (\so.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sautent is recorded at frequency rank #20,565, classified as averb, pronounced \sot\. sauter is at rank #3,800, tagged as averb, pronounced \so.te\.
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 24365, this pair ranks #347,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sautent vs sauter
Shared letters: aestu. Private to "sautent": n. Private to "sauter": r.
"sautent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "sauter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sautent" and "sauter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sautent" or "sauter" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sautent" and "sauter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sautent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sautent" and "sauter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sautent vs sucent". 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 #347,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.