Which to use
“suffisait” and “suffisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,415
- “suffisait” frequency rank
- #11,138
- “suffisent” frequency rank
- 21553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffisait | suffisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de suffire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de suffire. |
Where the eye mixes suffisait and suffisent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suffisait (CVCCVCVVC) and suffisent (CVCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: suffisait vs suffisent
A purely visual mix-up. suffisait (\sy.fi.zɛ\) and suffisent (\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 21553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suffisait is recorded at frequency rank #10,415, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.fi.zɛ\. suffisent is at rank #11,138, 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 21553, this pair ranks #362,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suffisait vs suffisent
Shared letters: fistu. Private to "suffisait": a. Private to "suffisent": en.
"suffisait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "suffisent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suffisait" and "suffisent" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "suffisait" or "suffisent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "suffisait" and "suffisent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffisait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suffisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,568 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffisait" and "suffisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suffisaient vs suffisent". 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 #362,568 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.