Which to use
“suit” and “sujet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,722
- “suit” frequency rank
- #430
- “sujet” frequency rank
- 2152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suit | sujet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suivi (participe passé). | Soumis, subordonné, dépendant, obligé d’obéir. |
Where the eye mixes suit and sujet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: suit vs sujet
A purely visual mix-up. suit (\sɥi\) and sujet (\sy.ʒɛ\) 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 2152, 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\. sujet is at rank #430, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.ʒɛ\.
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 2152, this pair ranks #436,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suit vs sujet
Shared letters: stu. Private to "suit": i. Private to "sujet": ej.
"suit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "sujet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suit" and "sujet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suit" or "sujet"?
Useful next steps
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 "sujet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,684 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suit" and "sujet" 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 #436,684 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.