Which to use
“suivait” and “suivent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,071
- “suivait” frequency rank
- #3,042
- “suivent” frequency rank
- 15113
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivait | suivent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe suivre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe suivre. |
Where the eye mixes suivait and suivent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. suivait (CVVCVVC) and suivent (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between suivait and suivent
A purely visual mix-up. suivait (\sɥi.vɛ\) and suivent (\sɥiv\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivait is recorded at frequency rank #12,071, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vɛ\. suivent is at rank #3,042, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥiv\.
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 15113, this pair ranks #393,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivait vs suivent
Shared letters: istuv. Private to "suivait": a. Private to "suivent": en.
"suivait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "suivent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suivait" and "suivent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "suivait" vs "suivent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivait" and "suivent" 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 #393,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.