Which to use
“site” and “suite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #286
- “site” frequency rank
- #246
- “suite” frequency rank
- 532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | site | suite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnement immédiat. | Ce ou ceux qui suivent, ce ou ceux qui vont après. |
Where the eye mixes site and suite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses site with suite
A purely visual mix-up. site (\sit\) and suite (\sɥit\) 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 532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
site is recorded at frequency rank #286, classified as anoun, pronounced \sit\. 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 532, this pair ranks #439,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of site vs suite
Shared letters: eist. Private to "site": -. Private to "suite": u.
"site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "suite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "site" for "suite" ever safe?
Which is more common, "site" or "suite"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "site" and "suite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "site" 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 #439,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "site" and "suite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sires vs site". 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 #439,500 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.