Which to use
“suivaient” and “suivait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,107
- “suivaient” frequency rank
- #12,071
- “suivait” frequency rank
- 34178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivaient | suivait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait du verbe suivre. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe suivre. |
Same sound, different letters: suivaient vs suivait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - suivaient / suivait
This is the hard kind. suivaient and suivait are pronounced identically (\sɥi.vɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivaient is recorded at frequency rank #22,107, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vɛ\. suivait is at rank #12,071, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vɛ\.
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 34178, this pair ranks #285,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suivaient vs suivait
Shared letters: aistuv. Private to "suivaient": en. Private to "suivait": -.
"suivaient" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVVCC · "suivait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suivaient" and "suivait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "suivaient" vs "suivait" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"suivaient" and "suivait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivaient" and "suivait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suivait vs surfait". 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 #285,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.