Which to use
“savant” and “suivant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,942
- “savant” frequency rank
- #1,075
- “suivant” frequency rank
- 12017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | savant | suivant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sait beaucoup en matière d’érudition ou de science. | Qui est après, qui vient après. |
Where the eye mixes savant and suivant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. savant runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against suivant's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: savant vs suivant
A purely visual mix-up. savant (\sa.vɑ̃\) and suivant (\sɥi.vɑ̃\) 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 12017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
savant is recorded at frequency rank #10,942, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.vɑ̃\. suivant is at rank #1,075, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vɑ̃\.
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 12017, this pair ranks #406,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of savant vs suivant
Shared letters: anstv. Private to "savant": -. Private to "suivant": iu.
"savant" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "suivant" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "savant" for "suivant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "savant" vs "suivant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "savant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #406,898 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "savant" and "suivant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "savanes vs savant". 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 #406,898 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.