Which to use
“suffira” and “suffise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,623
- “suffira” frequency rank
- #33,032
- “suffise” frequency rank
- 41655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffira | suffise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de suffire. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de suffire. |
Where the eye mixes suffira and suffise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. suffira and suffise follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between suffira and suffise
A purely visual mix-up. suffira (\sy.fi.ʁa\) and suffise (\sy.fiz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41655, 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\. suffise is at rank #33,032, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.fiz\.
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 41655, this pair ranks #231,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suffira vs suffise
Shared letters: fisu. Private to "suffira": ar. Private to "suffise": e.
"suffira" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "suffise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suffira" and "suffise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "suffira" vs "suffise" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "suffira" and "suffise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suffise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #231,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffira" and "suffise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suffise vs sunrise". 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 #231,471 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.