Which to use
“suffira” and “suffire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,623
- “suffira” frequency rank
- #12,678
- “suffire” frequency rank
- 21301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffira | suffire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de suffire. | Pouvoir satisfaire à quelque chose ou à un but donné. |
Where the eye mixes suffira and suffire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between suffira and suffire
A purely visual mix-up. suffira (\sy.fi.ʁa\) 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 a single letter - a in “suffira” becomes e in “suffire”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suffira is recorded at frequency rank #8,623, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.fi.ʁa\. 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 21301, this pair ranks #363,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suffira vs suffire
Shared letters: firsu. Private to "suffira": a. Private to "suffire": e.
"suffira" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "suffire" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suffira" and "suffire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "suffira" vs "suffire" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffira" 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 #363,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffira" and "suffire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souffrira vs suffira". 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 #363,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.