Which to use
“souhaiter” and “souhaitez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,762
- “souhaiter” frequency rank
- #7,246
- “souhaitez” frequency rank
- 14008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souhaiter | souhaitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Former un souhait. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de souhaiter. |
Where the eye mixes souhaiter and souhaitez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. souhaiter and souhaitez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between souhaiter and souhaitez
A purely visual mix-up. souhaiter (\swe.te\) and souhaitez (\swɛ.te\) 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 - r in “souhaiter” becomes z in “souhaitez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souhaiter is recorded at frequency rank #6,762, classified as averb, pronounced \swe.te\. souhaitez is at rank #7,246, tagged as averb, pronounced \swɛ.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 14008, this pair ranks #398,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souhaiter vs souhaitez
Shared letters: aehiostu. Private to "souhaiter": r. Private to "souhaitez": z.
"souhaiter" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVCVC · "souhaitez" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "souhaiter" and "souhaitez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "souhaiter" vs "souhaitez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaiter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souhaitez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souhaiter" and "souhaitez" 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 #398,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.