Which to use
“sujet” and “sujets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #430
- “sujet” frequency rank
- #1,459
- “sujets” frequency rank
- 1889
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sujet | sujets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Soumis, subordonné, dépendant, obligé d’obéir. | Masculin pluriel de sujet. |
Same sound, different letters: sujet vs sujets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. sujet runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against sujets's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - sujet / sujets
This is the hard kind. sujet and sujets are pronounced identically (\sy.ʒɛ\) 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) - “sujet” sits inside “sujets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sujet is recorded at frequency rank #430, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.ʒɛ\. sujets is at rank #1,459, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.ʒɛ\.
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 1889, this pair ranks #437,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sujet vs sujets
Shared letters: ejstu. Private to "sujet": -. Private to "sujets": -.
"sujet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sujets" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sujet" and "sujets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sujet" or "sujets"?
After this comparison
"sujet" and "sujets" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sujet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sujets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,195 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sujet" and "sujets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucent vs sujet". 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 #437,195 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.