Which to use
“suivi” and “suivie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,076
- “suivi” frequency rank
- #4,190
- “suivie” frequency rank
- 5266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivi | suivie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui est continu, sans interruption. | Féminin singulier de suivi. |
Same sound, different letters: suivi vs suivie
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. suivi runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against suivie's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: suivi vs suivie
This is the hard kind. suivi and suivie are pronounced identically (\sɥi.vi\) 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) - “suivi” sits inside “suivie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivi is recorded at frequency rank #1,076, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vi\. suivie is at rank #4,190, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vi\.
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 5266, this pair ranks #429,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivi vs suivie
Shared letters: isuv. Private to "suivi": -. Private to "suivie": e.
"suivi" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "suivie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "suivi" and "suivie" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "suivi" vs "suivie" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "suivi" / "suivie". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivi" and "suivie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suivie vs Suzie". 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 #429,486 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.