Which to use
“souhaitait” and “souhaitant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,077
- “souhaitait” frequency rank
- #10,584
- “souhaitant” frequency rank
- 20661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souhaitait | souhaitant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de souhaiter. | Participe présent de souhaiter. |
Where the eye mixes souhaitait and souhaitant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. souhaitait (CVVCVVCVVC) and souhaitant (CVVCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses souhaitait with souhaitant
A purely visual mix-up. souhaitait (\swɛ.tɛ\) and souhaitant (\swɛ.tɑ̃\) 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 - i in “souhaitait” becomes n in “souhaitant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souhaitait is recorded at frequency rank #10,077, classified as averb, pronounced \swɛ.tɛ\. souhaitant is at rank #10,584, tagged as averb, pronounced \swɛ.tɑ̃\.
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 20661, this pair ranks #367,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souhaitait vs souhaitant
Shared letters: ahiostu. Private to "souhaitait": -. Private to "souhaitant": n.
"souhaitait" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCVVC · "souhaitant" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souhaitait ← osuhaitait · sohuaitait · souahitait · souhaiatit · souhaitaitt · souhaitati · souhaitiat · souhaittait
- souhaitant ← osuhaitant · sohuaitant · souahitant · souhaiatnt · souhaitannt · souhaitantt · souhaitatn · souhaitnat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souhaitait" and "souhaitant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "souhaitait" or "souhaitant"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "souhaitait" and "souhaitant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souhaitait" and "souhaitant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souhaitais vs souhaitant". 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 #367,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.