Which to use
“sauter” and “sucer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,800
- “sauter” frequency rank
- #10,589
- “sucer” frequency rank
- 14389
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauter | sucer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’élancer en l’air, soit pour retomber au même endroit, soit pour franchir un espace. | Aspirer avec la bouche un liquide, une substance, le suc d’une chose. |
Where the eye mixes sauter and sucer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sauter vs sucer
A purely visual mix-up. sauter (\so.te\) and sucer (\sy.se\) 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 14389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauter is recorded at frequency rank #3,800, classified as averb, pronounced \so.te\. sucer is at rank #10,589, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.se\.
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 14389, this pair ranks #396,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sauter vs sucer
Shared letters: ersu. Private to "sauter": at. Private to "sucer": c.
"sauter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "sucer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sauter" for "sucer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sauter" vs "sucer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sucer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauter" and "sucer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucent vs sucer". 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 #396,892 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.