Which to use
“surveillée” and “surveillent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,167
- “surveillée” frequency rank
- #23,042
- “surveillent” frequency rank
- 42209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | surveillée | surveillent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de surveiller. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de surveiller. |
Where the eye mixes surveillée and surveillent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. surveillée runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCCVV) against surveillent's 11 (CVCCVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: surveillée vs surveillent
A purely visual mix-up. surveillée (\syʁ.ve.je\) and surveillent (\syʁ.vɛj\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
surveillée is recorded at frequency rank #19,167, classified as averb, pronounced \syʁ.ve.je\. surveillent is at rank #23,042, tagged as averb, pronounced \syʁ.vɛj\.
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 42209, this pair ranks #227,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of surveillée vs surveillent
Shared letters: eilrsuv. Private to "surveillée": é. Private to "surveillent": nt.
"surveillée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVV · "surveillent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- surveillent ← sruveillent · ssurveillent · surevillent · surrveillent · surveilelnt · surveilent · surveillennt · surveillentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "surveillée" and "surveillent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "surveillée" vs "surveillent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "surveillée" and "surveillent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "surveillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "surveillent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "surveillée" and "surveillent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "surveillante vs surveillent". 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 #227,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.