Which to use
“suffi” and “suffire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,260
- “suffi” frequency rank
- #12,678
- “suffire” frequency rank
- 24938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffi | suffire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de suffire. | Pouvoir satisfaire à quelque chose ou à un but donné. |
Where the eye mixes suffi and suffire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. suffi runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against suffire's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: suffi vs suffire
A purely visual mix-up. suffi (\sy.fi\) and suffire (\sy.fiʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “suffi” sits inside “suffire”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suffi is recorded at frequency rank #12,260, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.fi\. suffire is at rank #12,678, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.fiʁ\.
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 24938, this pair ranks #343,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suffi vs suffire
Shared letters: fisu. Private to "suffi": -. Private to "suffire": er.
"suffi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "suffire" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suffi" and "suffire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "suffi" or "suffire" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suffire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,700 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffi" and "suffire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Safi vs suffi". 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 #343,700 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.