Which to use
“subject” and “suspect” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,033
- “subject” frequency rank
- #4,530
- “suspect” frequency rank
- 44563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | subject | suspect |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sujet. | Qui peut être soupçonné, qui prête au soupçon ; il se dit des personnes et des choses. |
Letter map: subject vs suspect
Shared letters muted; letters that set subject and suspect apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Pair insight - subject / suspect
subject and suspect are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
subject is recorded at frequency rank #40,033, classified as anadj. suspect is at rank #4,530, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sys.pɛ\.
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 44563, this pair ranks #209,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of subject vs suspect
Shared letters: cestu. Private to "subject": bj. Private to "suspect": p.
"subject" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "suspect" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "subject" and "suspect" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "subject" vs "suspect" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "subject" vs "suspect" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "subject" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspect" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,543 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "subject" and "suspect" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subject vs subjectif". 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 #209,543 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.