Which to use
“souhaitant” and “souhaitent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,584
- “souhaitant” frequency rank
- #5,190
- “souhaitent” frequency rank
- 15774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souhaitant | souhaitent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de souhaiter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souhaiter. |
Where the eye mixes souhaitant and souhaitent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: souhaitant vs souhaitent
A purely visual mix-up. souhaitant (\swɛ.tɑ̃\) and souhaitent (\swɛt\) 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 - a in “souhaitant” becomes e in “souhaitent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souhaitant is recorded at frequency rank #10,584, classified as averb, pronounced \swɛ.tɑ̃\. souhaitent is at rank #5,190, tagged as averb, pronounced \swɛt\.
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 15774, this pair ranks #390,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souhaitant vs souhaitent
Shared letters: ahinostu. Private to "souhaitant": -. Private to "souhaitent": e.
"souhaitant" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCVCC · "souhaitent" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souhaitant ← osuhaitant · sohuaitant · souahitant · souhaiatnt · souhaitannt · souhaitantt · souhaitatn · souhaitnat
- souhaitent ← osuhaitent · sohuaitent · souahitent · souhaietnt · souhaitennt · souhaitentt · souhaitetn · souhaitnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souhaitant" and "souhaitent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "souhaitant" vs "souhaitent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "souhaitant" and "souhaitent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souhaitant" and "souhaitent" 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 #390,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.