Which to use
“sauvées” and “sauvent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,586
- “sauvées” frequency rank
- #26,175
- “sauvent” frequency rank
- 58761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauvées | sauvent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de sauver. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sauver. |
Where the eye mixes sauvées and sauvent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sauvées (CVVCVVC) and sauvent (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: sauvées vs sauvent
A purely visual mix-up. sauvées (\so.ve\) and sauvent (\sov\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauvées is recorded at frequency rank #32,586, classified as averb, pronounced \so.ve\. sauvent is at rank #26,175, tagged as averb, pronounced \sov\.
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 58761, this pair ranks #107,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sauvées vs sauvent
Shared letters: aesuv. Private to "sauvées": é. Private to "sauvent": nt.
"sauvées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "sauvent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sauvent ← asuvent · sauevnt · sauvennt · sauventt · sauvetn · sauvnet · sauvvent · savuent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sauvées" for "sauvent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sauvées" or "sauvent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sauvées" and "sauvent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauvées" and "sauvent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salves vs sauvées". 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 #107,076 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.