Which to use
“suffirait” and “suffisait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,866
- “suffirait” frequency rank
- #10,415
- “suffisait” frequency rank
- 22281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffirait | suffisait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de suffire. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de suffire. |
Where the eye mixes suffirait and suffisait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. suffirait and suffisait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses suffirait with suffisait
A purely visual mix-up. suffirait (\sy.fi.ʁɛ\) and suffisait (\sy.fi.zɛ\) 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 - r in “suffirait” becomes s in “suffisait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22281, 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\. suffisait is at rank #10,415, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.fi.zɛ\.
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 22281, this pair ranks #358,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suffirait vs suffisait
Shared letters: afistu. Private to "suffirait": r. Private to "suffisait": -.
"suffirait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "suffisait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suffirait" and "suffisait" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "suffirait" or "suffisait"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "suffirait" and "suffisait" 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 "suffisait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffirait" and "suffisait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souffrirait vs suffirait". 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 #358,843 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.