Which to use
“suscité” and “suscitée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,672
- “suscité” frequency rank
- #37,086
- “suscitée” frequency rank
- 48758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suscité | suscitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de susciter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de susciter. |
Same sound, different letters: suscité vs suscitée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. suscité runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against suscitée's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: suscité vs suscitée
This is the hard kind. suscité and suscitée are pronounced identically (\sy.si.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “suscité” sits inside “suscitée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suscité is recorded at frequency rank #11,672, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.si.te\. suscitée is at rank #37,086, 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 48758, this pair ranks #176,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suscité vs suscitée
Shared letters: cistué. Private to "suscité": -. Private to "suscitée": e.
"suscité" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "suscitée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "suscité" for "suscitée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "suscité" vs "suscitée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "suscité" / "suscitée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "suscité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suscitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suscité" and "suscitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suscita vs suscitée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #176,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.