Which to use
“suivra” and “suivre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,679
- “suivra” frequency rank
- #815
- “suivre” frequency rank
- 13494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suivra | suivre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de suivre. | Aller ou venir après. |
Where the eye mixes suivra and suivre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. suivra and suivre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between suivra and suivre
A purely visual mix-up. suivra (\sɥi.vʁa\) and suivre (\sɥivʁ\) 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 a single letter - a in “suivra” becomes e in “suivre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13494, 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\. suivre is at rank #815, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥivʁ\.
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 13494, this pair ranks #400,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of suivra vs suivre
Shared letters: irsuv. Private to "suivra": a. Private to "suivre": e.
"suivra" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "suivre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suivra" and "suivre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "suivra" vs "suivre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "suivra" and "suivre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "suivra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suivre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suivra" and "suivre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suivra vs sutra". 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 #400,799 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.