Which to use
“savants” and “suivants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,862
- “savants” frequency rank
- #3,041
- “suivants” frequency rank
- 15903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | savants | suivants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de l’adjectif savant. | Masculin pluriel de suivant. |
Where the eye mixes savants and suivants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. savants runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against suivants's 8 (CVVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: savants vs suivants
A purely visual mix-up. savants (\sa.vɑ̃\) and suivants (\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 15903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
savants is recorded at frequency rank #12,862, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.vɑ̃\. suivants is at rank #3,041, 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 15903, this pair ranks #390,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of savants vs suivants
Shared letters: anstv. Private to "savants": -. Private to "suivants": iu.
"savants" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "suivants" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "savants" and "suivants" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "savants" or "suivants"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "savants" and "suivants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "savants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "savants" and "suivants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "savanes vs savants". 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 #390,323 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.