suivonsvssuivrontWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“suivons” and “suivront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,998
“suivons” frequency rank
#14,804
“suivront” frequency rank
34802
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suivons suivront
Definition Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe suivre. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de suivre.

Where the eye mixes suivons and suivront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
suivons
8 ch
suivront

Visual trap between suivons and suivront

A purely visual mix-up. suivons (\sɥi.vɔ̃\) and suivront (\sɥi.vʁɔ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suivons is recorded at frequency rank #19,998, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vɔ̃\. suivront is at rank #14,804, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vʁɔ̃\.

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 34802, this pair ranks #281,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suivons vs suivront

Shared letters: inosuv. Private to "suivons": -. Private to "suivront": rt.

"suivons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "suivront" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suivonssiuvons · ssuivons · suiovns · suivnos · suivonns · suivonss · suivosn · suivvons
  • suivrontsiuvront · ssuivront · suirvont · suivornt · suivrnot · suivronnt · suivrontt · suivrotn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suivons" for "suivront" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sɥi.vɔ̃\ versus \sɥi.vʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "suivons" or "suivront" show up more?
"suivront" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,804 in our French list, against #19,998 for "suivons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "suivons" and "suivront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suivons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suivront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,266 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suivons" and "suivront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suivons vs suivrons". 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 #281,266 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list