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“soufflent” and “souffrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,626
- “soufflent” frequency rank
- #7,904
- “souffrent” frequency rank
- 50530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soufflent | souffrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souffler. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe souffrir. |
Where the eye mixes soufflent and souffrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. soufflent and souffrent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses soufflent with souffrent
A purely visual mix-up. soufflent (\sufl\) and souffrent (\sufʁ\) 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 a single letter - l in “soufflent” becomes r in “souffrent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soufflent is recorded at frequency rank #42,626, classified as averb, pronounced \sufl\. souffrent is at rank #7,904, tagged as averb, pronounced \sufʁ\.
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 50530, this pair ranks #161,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soufflent vs souffrent
Shared letters: efnostu. Private to "soufflent": l. Private to "souffrent": r.
"soufflent" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVCC · "souffrent" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soufflent" for "souffrent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "soufflent" or "souffrent"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "soufflent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souffrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #161,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soufflent" and "souffrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sifflent vs soufflent". 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 #161,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.