suscitéevssuscitéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“suscitée” and “suscitées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,086
“suscitée” frequency rank
#43,174
“suscitées” frequency rank
80260
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suscitée suscitées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de susciter. Participe passé féminin pluriel de susciter.

Same sound, different letters: suscitée vs suscitées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. suscitée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against suscitées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
suscitée
9 ch
suscitées

Ear matches; page differs - suscitée and suscitées

This is the hard kind. suscitée and suscitées 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) - “suscitée” sits inside “suscitées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suscitée is recorded at frequency rank #37,086, classified as averb, pronounced \sy.si.te\. suscitées is at rank #43,174, 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 80260, this pair ranks #21,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of suscitée vs suscitées

Shared letters: ceistué. Private to "suscitée": -. Private to "suscitées": -.

"suscitée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "suscitées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "suscitée" and "suscitées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sy.si.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "suscitée" vs "suscitées" - which ranks higher?
"suscitée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,086 in our French list, against #43,174 for "suscitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suscitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suscitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,409 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suscitée" and "suscitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suscita vs suscitée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #21,409 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list