Which to use
“suit” and “suivi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,722
- “suit” frequency rank
- #1,076
- “suivi” frequency rank
- 2798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suit | suivi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suivi (participe passé). | Ce qui est continu, sans interruption. |
Where the eye mixes suit and suivi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. suit runs 4 letters (CVVC) against suivi's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: suit vs suivi
A purely visual mix-up. suit (\sɥi\) and suivi (\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 2798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suit is recorded at frequency rank #1,722, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɥi\. suivi is at rank #1,076, 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 2798, this pair ranks #435,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suit vs suivi
Shared letters: isu. Private to "suit": t. Private to "suivi": v.
"suit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "suivi" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suit" and "suivi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suit" or "suivi"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suit" and "suivi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suit vs suu". 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 #435,457 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.