Which to use
“subie” and “subis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,996
- “subie” frequency rank
- #16,747
- “subis” frequency rank
- 36743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | subie | subis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de subir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de subir. |
Same sound, different letters: subie vs subis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. subie (CVCVV) and subis (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - subie / subis
This is the hard kind. subie and subis are pronounced identically (\sy.bi\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “subie” becomes s in “subis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
subie is recorded at frequency rank #19,996, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.bi\. subis is at rank #16,747, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.bi\.
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 36743, this pair ranks #267,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of subie vs subis
Shared letters: bisu. Private to "subie": e. Private to "subis": -.
"subie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "subis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "subie" and "subis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "subie" or "subis"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "subie" / "subis". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "subie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "subis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #267,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "subie" and "subis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sadie vs subie". 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 #267,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.