Which to use
“suicider” is a verb and “suicidés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,791
- “suicider” frequency rank
- #43,679
- “suicidés” frequency rank
- 54470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suicider | suicidés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se tuer volontairement. | Masculin pluriel de suicidé. |
Same sound, different letters: suicider vs suicidés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. suicider and suicidés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - suicider / suicidés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: suicider and suicidés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sɥi.si.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suicider is recorded at frequency rank #10,791, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi.si.de\. suicidés is at rank #43,679, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.si.de\.
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 54470, this pair ranks #133,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suicider vs suicidés
Shared letters: cdisu. Private to "suicider": er. Private to "suicidés": é.
"suicider" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "suicidés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suicider ← siucider · ssuicider · suciider · suiccider · suicdier · suicidder · suiciderr · suicidre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suicider" and "suicidés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "suicider" or "suicidés"?
What to do next
"suicider" and "suicidés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "suicider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suicidés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suicider" and "suicidés" 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 #133,836 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.