suggéravssuggéraitConfusable pair

Which to use

“suggéra” and “suggérait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,957
“suggéra” frequency rank
#39,058
“suggérait” frequency rank
89015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suggéra suggérait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de suggérer. Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de suggérer.

Where the eye mixes suggéra and suggérait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suggéra runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against suggérait's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
suggéra
9 ch
suggérait

Visual trap between suggéra and suggérait

A purely visual mix-up. suggéra (\syɡ.ʒe.ʁa\) and suggérait (\syɡ.ʒe.ʁɛ\) 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) - “suggéra” sits inside “suggérait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suggéra is recorded at frequency rank #49,957, classified as averb, pronounced \syɡ.ʒe.ʁa\. suggérait is at rank #39,058, tagged as averb, pronounced \syɡ.ʒe.ʁɛ\.

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 89015, this pair ranks #6,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suggéra vs suggérait

Shared letters: agrsué. Private to "suggéra": -. Private to "suggérait": it.

"suggéra" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "suggérait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suggéra" and "suggérait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\syɡ.ʒe.ʁa\ versus \syɡ.ʒe.ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "suggéra" or "suggérait"?
"suggérait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,058 in our French list, against #49,957 for "suggéra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suggéra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suggérait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suggéra" and "suggérait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suggéra vs suggérée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #6,275 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list