Which to use
“suivant” and “suivantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,075
- “suivant” frequency rank
- #2,856
- “suivantes” frequency rank
- 3931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivant | suivantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est après, qui vient après. | Féminin pluriel de suivant. |
Where the eye mixes suivant and suivantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suivant runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against suivantes's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses suivant with suivantes
A purely visual mix-up. suivant (\sɥi.vɑ̃\) and suivantes (\sɥi.vɑ̃t\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “suivant” sits inside “suivantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivant is recorded at frequency rank #1,075, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vɑ̃\. suivantes is at rank #2,856, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vɑ̃t\.
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 3931, this pair ranks #432,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivant vs suivantes
Shared letters: ainstuv. Private to "suivant": -. Private to "suivantes": e.
"suivant" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "suivantes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suivant" and "suivantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "suivant" vs "suivantes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "suivant" and "suivantes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #432,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivant" and "suivantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suivant vs surfant". 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 #432,863 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.