Which to use
“sillonnent” and “sillonner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,038
- “sillonnent” frequency rank
- #43,148
- “sillonner” frequency rank
- 82186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sillonnent | sillonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sillonner. | Faire des sillons. |
Where the eye mixes sillonnent and sillonner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. sillonnent runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against sillonner's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sillonnent and sillonner
A purely visual mix-up. sillonnent (\si.jɔn\) and sillonner (\si.jɔ.ne\) 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 82186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sillonnent is recorded at frequency rank #39,038, classified as averb, pronounced \si.jɔn\. sillonner is at rank #43,148, tagged as averb, pronounced \si.jɔ.ne\.
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 82186, this pair ranks #17,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sillonnent vs sillonner
Shared letters: eilnos. Private to "sillonnent": t. Private to "sillonner": r.
"sillonnent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "sillonner" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sillonnent ← isllonnent · sillnonent · sillonennt · sillonent · sillonnennt · sillonnentt · sillonnetn · sillonnnet
- sillonner ← isllonner · sillnoner · sillonenr · silloner · sillonnerr · sillonnre · silolnner · silonner
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sillonnent" and "sillonner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sillonnent" or "sillonner"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sillonnent" and "sillonner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sillonnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sillonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sillonnent" and "sillonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sillonne vs sillonner". 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 #17,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.