Which to use
“suivait” and “suivrai” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,071
- “suivait” frequency rank
- #39,559
- “suivrai” frequency rank
- 51630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivait | suivrai |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait du verbe suivre. | Première personne du singulier du futur de suivre. |
Where the eye mixes suivait and suivrai
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suivait (CVVCVVC) and suivrai (CVVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses suivait with suivrai
A purely visual mix-up. suivait (\sɥi.vɛ\) and suivrai (\sɥi.vʁe\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51630, 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\. suivrai is at rank #39,559, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vʁe\.
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 51630, this pair ranks #153,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suivait vs suivrai
Shared letters: aisuv. Private to "suivait": t. Private to "suivrai": r.
"suivait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "suivrai" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suivait" and "suivrai" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suivait" or "suivrai"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivrai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivait" and "suivrai" 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 #153,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.