Which to use
“suffisant” and “suffisantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,381
- “suffisant” frequency rank
- #14,160
- “suffisantes” frequency rank
- 18541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffisant | suffisantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui suffit. | Féminin pluriel de suffisant. |
Where the eye mixes suffisant and suffisantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. suffisant runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against suffisantes's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses suffisant with suffisantes
A purely visual mix-up. suffisant (\sy.fi.zɑ̃\) and suffisantes (\sy.fi.zɑ̃t\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “suffisant” sits inside “suffisantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suffisant is recorded at frequency rank #4,381, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.fi.zɑ̃\. suffisantes is at rank #14,160, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.fi.zɑ̃t\.
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 18541, this pair ranks #377,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suffisant vs suffisantes
Shared letters: afinstu. Private to "suffisant": -. Private to "suffisantes": e.
"suffisant" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "suffisantes" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suffisant ← sfufisant · ssuffisant · suffiasnt · suffisannt · suffisantt · suffisatn · suffisnat · suffissant
- suffisantes ← sfufisantes · ssuffisantes · suffiasntes · suffisanets · suffisanntes · suffisantess · suffisantse · suffisanttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suffisant" and "suffisantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "suffisant" vs "suffisantes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "suffisant" and "suffisantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffisant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suffisantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffisant" and "suffisantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suffisaient vs suffisant". 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 #377,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.