Which to use
“seizième” and “XVIe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,571
- “seizième” frequency rank
- #9,768
- “XVIe” frequency rank
- 30339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seizième | XVIe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui vient après le quinzième. | Seizième. |
Same sound, different letters: seizième vs XVIe
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters. seizième runs 8 letters (CVVCVVCV) against XVIe's 4 (CCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: seizième vs XVIe
This is the hard kind. seizième and XVIe are pronounced identically (\sɛ.zjɛm\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seizième is recorded at frequency rank #20,571, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛ.zjɛm\. XVIe is at rank #9,768, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛ.zjɛm\.
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 30339, this pair ranks #310,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seizième vs XVIe
Shared letters: ei. Private to "seizième": mszè. Private to "XVIe": vx.
"seizième" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCV · "XVIe" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- XVIe ← vxie · xvei · xvvie · xxvie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "seizième" for "XVIe" ever safe?
Which is more common, "seizième" or "XVIe"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "seizième" / "XVIe". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "seizième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "XVIe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seizième" and "XVIe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Xavi vs XVIe". 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 #310,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.