Which to use
“suffisante” and “suffisants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,443
- “suffisante” frequency rank
- #17,012
- “suffisants” frequency rank
- 23455
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffisante | suffisants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de suffisant. | Masculin pluriel de suffisant. |
Where the eye mixes suffisante and suffisants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. suffisante (CVCCVCVCCV) and suffisants (CVCCVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between suffisante and suffisants
A purely visual mix-up. suffisante (\sy.fi.zɑ̃t\) and suffisants (\sy.fi.zɑ̃\) 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 - e in “suffisante” becomes s in “suffisants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suffisante is recorded at frequency rank #6,443, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.fi.zɑ̃t\. suffisants is at rank #17,012, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.fi.zɑ̃\.
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 23455, this pair ranks #352,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suffisante vs suffisants
Shared letters: afinstu. Private to "suffisante": e. Private to "suffisants": -.
"suffisante" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "suffisants" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suffisante ← sfufisante · ssuffisante · suffiasnte · suffisanet · suffisannte · suffisantte · suffisatne · suffisnate
- suffisants ← sfufisants · ssuffisants · suffiasnts · suffisannts · suffisanst · suffisantss · suffisantts · suffisatns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suffisante" for "suffisants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suffisante" vs "suffisants" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "suffisante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suffisants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffisante" and "suffisants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suffisance vs suffisants". 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 #352,376 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.