Which to use
“suffire” is a verb and “suffixe” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,678
- “suffire” frequency rank
- #30,384
- “suffixe” frequency rank
- 43062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffire | suffixe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pouvoir satisfaire à quelque chose ou à un but donné. | Affixe ajouté à la fin d’un mot. |
Where the eye mixes suffire and suffixe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suffire and suffixe follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: suffire vs suffixe
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suffire is \sy.fiʁ\ while suffixe is \sy.fiks\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “suffire” becomes x in “suffixe”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suffire is recorded at frequency rank #12,678, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.fiʁ\. suffixe is at rank #30,384, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.fiks\.
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 43062, this pair ranks #220,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suffire vs suffixe
Shared letters: efisu. Private to "suffire": r. Private to "suffixe": x.
"suffire" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "suffixe" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "suffire" and "suffixe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suffixe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffire" and "suffixe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suffise vs suffixe". 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 #220,905 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.