Which to use
“sautez” and “sauvé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,437
- “sautez” frequency rank
- #4,803
- “sauvé” frequency rank
- 51240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sautez | sauvé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sauter. | Participe passé masculin singulier de sauver. |
Where the eye mixes sautez and sauvé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sautez runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against sauvé's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses sautez with sauvé
A purely visual mix-up. sautez (\so.te\) and sauvé (\so.ve\) 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 51240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sautez is recorded at frequency rank #46,437, classified as averb, pronounced \so.te\. sauvé is at rank #4,803, tagged as averb, pronounced \so.ve\.
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 51240, this pair ranks #156,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sautez vs sauvé
Shared letters: asu. Private to "sautez": etz. Private to "sauvé": vé.
"sautez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "sauvé" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sautez ← asutez · satuez · sauetz · sautezz · sauttez · sautze · ssautez · suatez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sautez" and "sauvé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sautez" or "sauvé" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sautez" and "sauvé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sautez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sautez" and "sauvé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauber vs sautez". 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 #156,524 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.