Which to use
“suivants” is an adjective and “suivent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,041
- “suivants” frequency rank
- #3,042
- “suivent” frequency rank
- 6083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivants | suivent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de suivant. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif du verbe suivre. |
Where the eye mixes suivants and suivent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: suivants vs suivent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: suivants is \sɥi.vɑ̃\ while suivent is \sɥiv\. 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 6083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivants is recorded at frequency rank #3,041, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vɑ̃\. suivent is at rank #3,042, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥiv\.
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 6083, this pair ranks #427,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivants vs suivent
Shared letters: instuv. Private to "suivants": a. Private to "suivent": e.
"suivants" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCC · "suivent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suivants" and "suivent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "suivants" or "suivent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivants" and "suivent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucent vs suivent". 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 #427,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.