Which to use
“suicident” and “suivirent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,026
- “suicident” frequency rank
- #21,476
- “suivirent” frequency rank
- 62502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suicident | suivirent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de suicider. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de suivre. |
Where the eye mixes suicident and suivirent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suicident and suivirent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between suicident and suivirent
A purely visual mix-up. suicident (\sɥi.sid\) and suivirent (\sɥi.viʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suicident is recorded at frequency rank #41,026, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi.sid\. suivirent is at rank #21,476, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.viʁ\.
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 62502, this pair ranks #86,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of suicident vs suivirent
Shared letters: einstu. Private to "suicident": cd. Private to "suivirent": rv.
"suicident" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC · "suivirent" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suicident" for "suivirent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suicident" vs "suivirent" - 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 "suicident" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivirent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suicident" and "suivirent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suicident vs suicidés". 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 #86,764 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.