Which to use
“suivant” and “survivant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,075
- “suivant” frequency rank
- #12,487
- “survivant” frequency rank
- 13562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivant | survivant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est après, qui vient après. | Qui survit à un autre. |
Where the eye mixes suivant and survivant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. suivant runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against survivant's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: suivant vs survivant
A purely visual mix-up. suivant (\sɥi.vɑ̃\) and survivant (\syʁ.vi.vɑ̃\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13562, 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\. survivant is at rank #12,487, tagged as anadj, pronounced \syʁ.vi.vɑ̃\.
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 13562, this pair ranks #400,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivant vs survivant
Shared letters: ainstuv. Private to "suivant": -. Private to "survivant": r.
"suivant" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "survivant" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suivant" for "survivant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suivant" vs "survivant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "survivant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivant" and "survivant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "survivant vs survolant". 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 #400,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.