Which to use
“sujets” is an adjective and “sujette” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,459
- “sujets” frequency rank
- #22,710
- “sujette” frequency rank
- 24169
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sujets | sujette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de sujet. | Femme (ou entité politique de genre grammatical féminin) soumise à l’autorité d’un roi, d’un empereur, d’un autocrate, etc. |
Where the eye mixes sujets and sujette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sujets runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against sujette's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sujets vs sujette
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sujets is \sy.ʒɛ\ while sujette is \sy.ʒɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sujets is recorded at frequency rank #1,459, classified as anadj, pronounced \sy.ʒɛ\. sujette is at rank #22,710, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.ʒɛt\.
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 24169, this pair ranks #348,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sujets vs sujette
Shared letters: ejstu. Private to "sujets": -. Private to "sujette": -.
"sujets" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "sujette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sujets" and "sujette" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "sujets" or "sujette" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sujets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sujette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sujets" and "sujette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauvette vs sujette". 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 #348,178 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.