Which to use
“suivante” and “suivantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,937
- “suivante” frequency rank
- #2,856
- “suivantes” frequency rank
- 4793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivante | suivantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de suivant. | Féminin pluriel de suivant. |
Same sound, different letters: suivante vs suivantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. suivante runs 8 letters (CVVCVCCV) against suivantes's 9 (CVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - suivante and suivantes
This is the hard kind. suivante and suivantes are pronounced identically (\sɥi.vɑ̃t\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “suivante” sits inside “suivantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivante is recorded at frequency rank #1,937, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vɑ̃t\. 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 4793, this pair ranks #430,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivante vs suivantes
Shared letters: aeinstuv. Private to "suivante": -. Private to "suivantes": -.
"suivante" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV · "suivantes" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suivante" and "suivantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "suivante" vs "suivantes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"suivante" and "suivantes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivante" 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 #430,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivante" and "suivantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "servantes vs suivantes". 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 #430,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.