séduitevssuiteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: séduite is a verb, suite is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“séduite” is a verb and “suite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,830
“séduite” frequency rank
#246
“suite” frequency rank
26076
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature séduite suite
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de séduire. Ce ou ceux qui suivent, ce ou ceux qui vont après.

Where the eye mixes séduite and suite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. séduite runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against suite's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
séduite
5 ch
suite

Look-alike desk: séduite vs suite

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: séduite is \se.dɥit\ while suite is \sɥit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

séduite is recorded at frequency rank #25,830, classified as averb, pronounced \se.dɥit\. suite is at rank #246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɥit\.

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 26076, this pair ranks #337,242 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of séduite vs suite

Shared letters: eistu. Private to "séduite": dé. Private to "suite": -.

"séduite" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "suite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suite ← siute · ssuite · suiet · suitte · sutie · usite

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "séduite" for "suite" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "séduite" is a verb and "suite" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "séduite" or "suite" show up more?
"suite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #246 in our French list, against #25,830 for "séduite". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "séduite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #337,242 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "séduite" and "suite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "séduite vs séduits". 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 #337,242 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