Which to use
“subissaient” and “subissait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,213
- “subissaient” frequency rank
- #36,604
- “subissait” frequency rank
- 84817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | subissaient | subissait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de subir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de subir. |
Same sound, different letters: subissaient vs subissait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. subissaient runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVVVCC) against subissait's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - subissaient / subissait
This is the hard kind. subissaient and subissait are pronounced identically (\sy.bi.sɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
subissaient is recorded at frequency rank #48,213, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.bi.sɛ\. subissait is at rank #36,604, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.bi.sɛ\.
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 84817, this pair ranks #12,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of subissaient vs subissait
Shared letters: abistu. Private to "subissaient": en. Private to "subissait": -.
"subissaient" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVVCC · "subissait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- subissaient ← sbuissaient · ssubissaient · subbissaient · subisaient · subisasient · subissaeint · subissaiennt · subissaientt
- subissait ← sbuissait · ssubissait · subbissait · subisait · subisasit · subissaitt · subissati · subissiat
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "subissaient" and "subissait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "subissaient" or "subissait" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "subissaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "subissait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "subissaient" and "subissait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subissaient vs subissant". 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 #12,326 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.