Which to use
“suivant” is an adjective and “suivront” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,075
- “suivant” frequency rank
- #14,804
- “suivront” frequency rank
- 15879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivant | suivront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est après, qui vient après. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de suivre. |
Where the eye mixes suivant and suivront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suivant runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against suivront's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between suivant and suivront
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suivant is \sɥi.vɑ̃\ while suivront is \sɥi.vʁɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15879, 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\. suivront is at rank #14,804, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vʁɔ̃\.
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 15879, this pair ranks #390,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivant vs suivront
Shared letters: instuv. Private to "suivant": a. Private to "suivront": or.
"suivant" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "suivront" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suivant" and "suivront" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "suivant" or "suivront" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivant" and "suivront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "subiront vs suivront". 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 #390,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.