# surveillance vs surveillant

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### surveillance
*noun · IPA \syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\ · frequency rank #2,391*
Action de surveiller.

### surveillant
*noun · IPA \syʁ.ve.jɑ̃\ · frequency rank #17,015*
Personne qui surveille.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/surveillance-vs-surveillant