Which to use
“suscita” and “suscité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,336
- “suscita” frequency rank
- #11,672
- “suscité” frequency rank
- 57008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suscita | suscité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de susciter. | Participe passé masculin singulier de susciter. |
Where the eye mixes suscita and suscité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. suscita and suscité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between suscita and suscité
A purely visual mix-up. suscita (\sy.si.ta\) and suscité (\sy.si.te\) 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 a single letter - a in “suscita” becomes é in “suscité”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suscita is recorded at frequency rank #45,336, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.si.ta\. suscité is at rank #11,672, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.si.te\.
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 57008, this pair ranks #117,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suscita vs suscité
Shared letters: cistu. Private to "suscita": a. Private to "suscité": é.
"suscita" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "suscité" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suscita ← ssucita · ssuscita · sucsita · susccita · susciat · suscitta · susctia · susicta
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "suscita" and "suscité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "suscita" or "suscité"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "suscita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suscité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suscita" and "suscité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suscita vs suscitée". 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 #117,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.