Which to use
“suivais” and “suivrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,142
- “suivais” frequency rank
- #36,169
- “suivrait” frequency rank
- 61311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivais | suivrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe suivre. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de suivre. |
Where the eye mixes suivais and suivrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suivais runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against suivrait's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: suivais vs suivrait
A purely visual mix-up. suivais (\sɥi.vɛ\) and suivrait (\sɥi.vʁɛ\) 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 61311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivais is recorded at frequency rank #25,142, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vɛ\. suivrait is at rank #36,169, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vʁɛ\.
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 61311, this pair ranks #92,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of suivais vs suivrait
Shared letters: aisuv. Private to "suivais": -. Private to "suivrait": rt.
"suivais" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "suivrait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suivais" for "suivrait" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suivais" vs "suivrait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivais" and "suivrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suivrai vs suivrait". 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 #92,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.