Which to use
“savantes” and “suivantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,414
- “savantes” frequency rank
- #2,856
- “suivantes” frequency rank
- 25270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | savantes | suivantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif savant. | Féminin pluriel de suivant. |
Where the eye mixes savantes and suivantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. savantes runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against suivantes's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses savantes with suivantes
A purely visual mix-up. savantes (\sa.vɑ̃t\) and suivantes (\sɥi.vɑ̃t\) 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 25270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
savantes is recorded at frequency rank #22,414, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.vɑ̃t\. suivantes is at rank #2,856, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vɑ̃t\.
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 25270, this pair ranks #341,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of savantes vs suivantes
Shared letters: aenstv. Private to "savantes": -. Private to "suivantes": iu.
"savantes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "suivantes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "savantes" and "suivantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "savantes" or "suivantes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "savantes" and "suivantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "savantes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "savantes" and "suivantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "savanes vs savantes". 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 #341,820 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.