Which to use
“souhaitait” and “souhaiterait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,077
- “souhaitait” frequency rank
- #22,103
- “souhaiterait” frequency rank
- 32180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souhaitait | souhaiterait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de souhaiter. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de souhaiter. |
Where the eye mixes souhaitait and souhaiterait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. souhaitait runs 10 letters (CVVCVVCVVC) against souhaiterait's 12 (CVVCVVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between souhaitait and souhaiterait
A purely visual mix-up. souhaitait (\swɛ.tɛ\) and souhaiterait (\swɛ.tə.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32180, 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\. souhaiterait is at rank #22,103, tagged as averb, pronounced \swɛ.tə.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 32180, this pair ranks #298,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souhaitait vs souhaiterait
Shared letters: ahiostu. Private to "souhaitait": -. Private to "souhaiterait": er.
"souhaitait" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCVVC · "souhaiterait" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souhaitait ← osuhaitait · sohuaitait · souahitait · souhaiatit · souhaitaitt · souhaitati · souhaitiat · souhaittait
- souhaiterait ← osuhaiterait · sohuaiterait · souahiterait · souhaietrait · souhaitearit · souhaiteraitt · souhaiterati · souhaiteriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souhaitait" and "souhaiterait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "souhaitait" or "souhaiterait"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaiterait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souhaitait" and "souhaiterait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souhaiterai vs souhaiterait". 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 #298,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.