Which to use
“suffise” and “suffisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,032
- “suffise” frequency rank
- #11,138
- “suffisent” frequency rank
- 44170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suffise | suffisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de suffire. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de suffire. |
Same sound, different letters: suffise vs suffisent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. suffise runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against suffisent's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: suffise vs suffisent
This is the hard kind. suffise and suffisent are pronounced identically (\sy.fiz\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “suffise” sits inside “suffisent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suffise is recorded at frequency rank #33,032, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.fiz\. 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 44170, this pair ranks #212,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suffise vs suffisent
Shared letters: efisu. Private to "suffise": -. Private to "suffisent": nt.
"suffise" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "suffisent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suffise" and "suffisent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suffise" or "suffisent"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "suffise" / "suffisent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "suffise" 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 #212,495 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suffise" and "suffisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suffise vs sunrise". 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 #212,495 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.