Which to use
“suivie” and “suivies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,190
- “suivie” frequency rank
- #11,867
- “suivies” frequency rank
- 16057
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivie | suivies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de suivi. | Féminin pluriel de suivi. |
Same sound, different letters: suivie vs suivies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. suivie runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against suivies's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: suivie vs suivies
This is the hard kind. suivie and suivies 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) - “suivie” sits inside “suivies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivie is recorded at frequency rank #4,190, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɥi.vi\. suivies is at rank #11,867, 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 16057, this pair ranks #389,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivie vs suivies
Shared letters: eisuv. Private to "suivie": -. Private to "suivies": -.
"suivie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "suivies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suivie" and "suivies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suivie" or "suivies"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,589 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivie" and "suivies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suicidés vs suivies". 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 #389,589 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.