suisvsSuzeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: suis is a verb, Suze is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“suis” is a verb and “Suze” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#77
“suis” frequency rank
#46,469
“Suze” frequency rank
46546
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suis Suze
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de être. Commune française, située dans le département de la Drôme.

Where the eye mixes suis and Suze

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
suis
4 ch
Suze

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suis is \sɥi\ while Suze is \syz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suis is recorded at frequency rank #77, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi\. Suze is at rank #46,469, tagged as aname, pronounced \syz\.

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 46546, this pair ranks #194,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suis vs Suze

Shared letters: su. Private to "suis": i. Private to "Suze": ez.

"suis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Suze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suissius · ssuis · suiss · susi · usis
  • Suzessuze · suzze · szue · usze

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "suis" and "Suze" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suis" is a verb and "Suze" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "suis" or "Suze"?
"suis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #77 in our French list, against #46,469 for "Suze". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "suis" and "Suze". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Suze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suis" and "Suze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suu vs Suze". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list