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“souffrira” and “souffrirait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,014
“souffrira” frequency rank
#49,367
“souffrirait” frequency rank
90381
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature souffrira souffrirait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de souffrir. Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de souffrir.

Where the eye mixes souffrira and souffrirait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. souffrira runs 9 letters (CVVCCCVCV) against souffrirait's 11 (CVVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
souffrira
11 ch
souffrirait

Visual trap between souffrira and souffrirait

A purely visual mix-up. souffrira (\su.fʁi.ʁa\) and souffrirait (\su.fʁi.ʁɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “souffrira” sits inside “souffrirait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90381, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

souffrira is recorded at frequency rank #41,014, classified as averb, pronounced \su.fʁi.ʁa\. souffrirait is at rank #49,367, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.fʁi.ʁɛ\.

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 90381, this pair ranks #4,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of souffrira vs souffrirait

Shared letters: afiorsu. Private to "souffrira": -. Private to "souffrirait": t.

"souffrira" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVCV  ·  "souffrirait" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • souffriraosuffrira · sofufrira · souffirra · souffriar · souffrirra · souffrria · souffrrira · soufrfira
  • souffriraitosuffrirait · sofufrirait · souffirrait · souffriarit · souffriraitt · souffrirati · souffririat · souffrirrait

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "souffrira" for "souffrirait" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\su.fʁi.ʁa\ versus \su.fʁi.ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "souffrira" vs "souffrirait" - which ranks higher?
"souffrira" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,014 in our French list, against #49,367 for "souffrirait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "souffrira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "souffrirait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "souffrira" and "souffrirait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souffrait vs souffrirait". 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 #4,838 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