Which to use
“sujette” is a noun and “sujettes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,710
- “sujette” frequency rank
- #29,992
- “sujettes” frequency rank
- 52702
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sujette | sujettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme (ou entité politique de genre grammatical féminin) soumise à l’autorité d’un roi, d’un empereur, d’un autocrate, etc. | Féminin pluriel de sujet. |
Same sound, different letters: sujette vs sujettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. sujette runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against sujettes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - sujette and sujettes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: sujette and sujettes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sy.ʒɛt\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sujette” sits inside “sujettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sujette is recorded at frequency rank #22,710, classified as anoun, pronounced \sy.ʒɛt\. sujettes is at rank #29,992, tagged as anadj, 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 52702, this pair ranks #145,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sujette vs sujettes
Shared letters: ejstu. Private to "sujette": -. Private to "sujettes": -.
"sujette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "sujettes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sujette" and "sujettes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sujette" vs "sujettes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "sujette" / "sujettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sujette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sujettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,868 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sujette" and "sujettes" 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 #145,868 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.