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

#43,679
“suicidés” frequency rank
#11,867
“suivies” frequency rank
55546
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suicidés suivies
Definition Masculin pluriel de suicidé. Féminin pluriel de suivi.

Where the eye mixes suicidés and suivies

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. suicidés runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against suivies's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
suicidés
7 ch
suivies

Visual trap between suicidés and suivies

A purely visual mix-up. suicidés (\sɥi.si.de\) and suivies (\sɥi.vi\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suicidés is recorded at frequency rank #43,679, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.si.de\. suivies is at rank #11,867, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vi\.

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 55546, this pair ranks #126,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suicidés vs suivies

Shared letters: isu. Private to "suicidés": cdé. Private to "suivies": ev.

"suicidés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "suivies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suiviessiuvies · ssuivies · suiives · suiveis · suiviess · suivise · suivvies · suviies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "suicidés" and "suivies" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\sɥi.si.de\ versus \sɥi.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "suicidés" or "suivies"?
"suivies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,867 in our French list, against #43,679 for "suicidés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suicidés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suivies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,814 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suicidés" and "suivies" 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 #126,814 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