Which to use
“souhaitée” and “souhaiter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,858
- “souhaitée” frequency rank
- #6,762
- “souhaiter” frequency rank
- 27620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souhaitée | souhaiter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de souhaiter. | Former un souhait. |
Where the eye mixes souhaitée and souhaiter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. souhaitée (CVVCVVCVV) and souhaiter (CVVCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: souhaitée vs souhaiter
A purely visual mix-up. souhaitée (\swɛ.te\) and souhaiter (\swe.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souhaitée is recorded at frequency rank #20,858, classified as averb, pronounced \swɛ.te\. souhaiter is at rank #6,762, tagged as averb, pronounced \swe.te\.
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 27620, this pair ranks #327,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souhaitée vs souhaiter
Shared letters: aehiostu. Private to "souhaitée": é. Private to "souhaiter": r.
"souhaitée" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVCVV · "souhaiter" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souhaiter ← osuhaiter · sohuaiter · souahiter · souhaietr · souhaiterr · souhaitre · souhaitter · souhatier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souhaitée" and "souhaiter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "souhaitée" vs "souhaiter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaiter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #327,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souhaitée" and "souhaiter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souhaiter vs souhaiterai". 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 #327,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.