Which to use
“suffisante” is an adjective and “suffisent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,443
- “suffisante” frequency rank
- #11,138
- “suffisent” frequency rank
- 17581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffisante | suffisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de suffisant. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de suffire. |
Where the eye mixes suffisante and suffisent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. suffisante runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against suffisent's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses suffisante with suffisent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suffisante is \sy.fi.zɑ̃t\ while suffisent is \sy.fiz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17581, 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\. 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 17581, this pair ranks #382,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suffisante vs suffisent
Shared letters: efinstu. Private to "suffisante": a. Private to "suffisent": -.
"suffisante" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "suffisent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suffisante ← sfufisante · ssuffisante · suffiasnte · suffisanet · suffisannte · suffisantte · suffisatne · suffisnate
- suffisent ← sfufisent · ssuffisent · suffiesnt · suffisennt · suffisentt · suffisetn · suffisnet · suffissent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suffisante" for "suffisent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suffisante" vs "suffisent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffisante" 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 #382,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffisante" 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 #382,462 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.