Which to use
“sauvés” and “sauvons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,009
- “sauvés” frequency rank
- #28,739
- “sauvons” frequency rank
- 44748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauvés | sauvons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de sauver. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sauver. |
Where the eye mixes sauvés and sauvons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sauvés runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against sauvons's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses sauvés with sauvons
A purely visual mix-up. sauvés (\so.ve\) and sauvons (\so.vɔ̃\) 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 44748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauvés is recorded at frequency rank #16,009, classified as averb, pronounced \so.ve\. sauvons is at rank #28,739, tagged as averb, pronounced \so.vɔ̃\.
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 44748, this pair ranks #208,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sauvés vs sauvons
Shared letters: asuv. Private to "sauvés": é. Private to "sauvons": no.
"sauvés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "sauvons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sauvons ← asuvons · sauovns · sauvnos · sauvonns · sauvonss · sauvosn · sauvvons · savuons
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sauvés" and "sauvons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sauvés" or "sauvons"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sauvés" and "sauvons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauvés" and "sauvons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sachons vs sauvons". 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 #208,123 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.