Which to use
“survivance” is a noun and “survivants” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,575
- “survivance” frequency rank
- #8,043
- “survivants” frequency rank
- 45618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | survivance | survivants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Droit ou faculté de succéder à une personne dans sa charge après sa mort. | Masculin pluriel de survivant. |
Where the eye mixes survivance and survivants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. survivance (CVCCVCVCCV) and survivants (CVCCVCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses survivance with survivants
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: survivance is \syʁ.vi.vɑ̃s\ while survivants is \syʁ.vi.vɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
survivance is recorded at frequency rank #37,575, classified as anoun, pronounced \syʁ.vi.vɑ̃s\. survivants is at rank #8,043, tagged as anadj, pronounced \syʁ.vi.vɑ̃\.
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 45618, this pair ranks #201,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of survivance vs survivants
Shared letters: ainrsuv. Private to "survivance": ce. Private to "survivants": t.
"survivance" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "survivants" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- survivance ← sruvivance · ssurvivance · surivvance · surrvivance · surviavnce · survivacne · survivancce · survivanec
- survivants ← sruvivants · ssurvivants · surivvants · surrvivants · surviavnts · survivannts · survivanst · survivantss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "survivance" and "survivants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "survivance" or "survivants" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "survivance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "survivants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "survivance" and "survivants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "survivance vs survivante". 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 #201,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.