Which to use
“sursis” and “sushis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,080
- “sursis” frequency rank
- #22,714
- “sushis” frequency rank
- 31794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sursis | sushis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Délai, remise, suspension de l’exécution d’une mesure. | Pluriel de sushi. |
Where the eye mixes sursis and sushis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sursis and sushis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between sursis and sushis
A purely visual mix-up. sursis (\syʁ.si\) and sushis (\su.ʃi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sursis is recorded at frequency rank #9,080, classified as anoun, pronounced \syʁ.si\. sushis is at rank #22,714, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.ʃi\.
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 31794, this pair ranks #301,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sursis vs sushis
Shared letters: isu. Private to "sursis": r. Private to "sushis": h.
"sursis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sushis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sursis" and "sushis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sursis" or "sushis" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sursis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sushis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,506 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sursis" and "sushis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "surs vs sursis". 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 #301,506 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.