Which to use
“souhaitent” and “souhaitons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,190
- “souhaitent” frequency rank
- #9,915
- “souhaitons” frequency rank
- 15105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souhaitent | souhaitons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souhaiter. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souhaiter. |
Where the eye mixes souhaitent and souhaitons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. souhaitent and souhaitons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses souhaitent with souhaitons
A purely visual mix-up. souhaitent (\swɛt\) and souhaitons (\swɛ.tɔ̃\) 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 15105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souhaitent is recorded at frequency rank #5,190, classified as averb, pronounced \swɛt\. souhaitons is at rank #9,915, tagged as averb, pronounced \swɛ.tɔ̃\.
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 15105, this pair ranks #393,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souhaitent vs souhaitons
Shared letters: ahinostu. Private to "souhaitent": e. Private to "souhaitons": -.
"souhaitent" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCVCC · "souhaitons" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souhaitent ← osuhaitent · sohuaitent · souahitent · souhaietnt · souhaitennt · souhaitentt · souhaitetn · souhaitnet
- souhaitons ← osuhaitons · sohuaitons · souahitons · souhaiotns · souhaitnos · souhaitonns · souhaitonss · souhaitosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souhaitent" and "souhaitons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "souhaitent" or "souhaitons" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souhaitent" and "souhaitons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souhaitais vs souhaitons". 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 #393,837 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.