séduisantevsséduisentConfusable pair

Quick tell: séduisante is a adjective, séduisent is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“séduisante” is an adjective and “séduisent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,335
“séduisante” frequency rank
#39,570
“séduisent” frequency rank
57905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature séduisante séduisent
Definition Féminin singulier de séduisant. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de séduire.

Where the eye mixes séduisante and séduisent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. séduisante runs 10 letters (CVCVVCVCCV) against séduisent's 9 (CVCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
séduisante
9 ch
séduisent

Look-alike desk: séduisante vs séduisent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: séduisante is \se.dɥi.zɑ̃t\ while séduisent is \se.dɥiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

séduisante is recorded at frequency rank #18,335, classified as anadj, pronounced \se.dɥi.zɑ̃t\. séduisent is at rank #39,570, tagged as averb, pronounced \se.dɥiz\.

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 57905, this pair ranks #112,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of séduisante vs séduisent

Shared letters: deinstué. Private to "séduisante": a. Private to "séduisent": -.

"séduisante" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV  ·  "séduisent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "séduisante" for "séduisent" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "séduisante" is an adjective and "séduisent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "séduisante" or "séduisent" show up more?
"séduisante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,335 in our French list, against #39,570 for "séduisent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "séduisante" and "séduisent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "séduisante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "séduisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #112,230 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "séduisante" and "séduisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "séduisants vs séduisent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #112,230 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list