Which to use
“suivra” and “suivrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,679
- “suivra” frequency rank
- #36,169
- “suivrait” frequency rank
- 48848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivra | suivrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de suivre. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de suivre. |
Where the eye mixes suivra and suivrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suivra runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against suivrait's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: suivra vs suivrait
A purely visual mix-up. suivra (\sɥi.vʁa\) and suivrait (\sɥi.vʁɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “suivra” sits inside “suivrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suivra is recorded at frequency rank #12,679, classified as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vʁa\. suivrait is at rank #36,169, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.vʁɛ\.
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 48848, this pair ranks #175,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suivra vs suivrait
Shared letters: airsuv. Private to "suivra": -. Private to "suivrait": t.
"suivra" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "suivrait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suivra" and "suivrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "suivra" or "suivrait" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivra" and "suivrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suivrai vs suivrait". 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 #175,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.