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“suffirait” and “suffiront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,866
“suffirait” frequency rank
#27,629
“suffiront” frequency rank
39495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suffirait suffiront
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de suffire. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de suffire.

Where the eye mixes suffirait and suffiront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
suffirait
9 ch
suffiront

Visual trap between suffirait and suffiront

A purely visual mix-up. suffirait (\sy.fi.ʁɛ\) and suffiront (\sy.fi.ʁɔ̃\) 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 39495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suffirait is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.fi.ʁɛ\. suffiront is at rank #27,629, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.fi.ʁɔ̃\.

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 39495, this pair ranks #247,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suffirait vs suffiront

Shared letters: firstu. Private to "suffirait": a. Private to "suffiront": no.

"suffirait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC  ·  "suffiront" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suffiraitsfufirait · ssuffirait · suffiarit · suffiraitt · suffirati · suffiriat · suffirrait · suffriait
  • suffirontsfufiront · ssuffiront · suffiornt · suffirnot · suffironnt · suffirontt · suffirotn · suffirront

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suffirait" for "suffiront" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sy.fi.ʁɛ\ versus \sy.fi.ʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "suffirait" or "suffiront"?
"suffirait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,866 in our French list, against #27,629 for "suffiront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "suffirait" and "suffiront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suffirait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suffiront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,504 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suffirait" and "suffiront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subiront vs suffiront". 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 #247,504 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list