Which to use
“suspend” is a verb and “suspens” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,884
- “suspend” frequency rank
- #13,273
- “suspens” frequency rank
- 32157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | suspend | suspens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de suspendre. | Qu’on a suspendu de ses fonctions, en parlant d’un ecclésiastique suspendu des fonctions de son état. |
Same sound, different letters: suspend vs suspens
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - suspend / suspens
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: suspend and suspens carry the same recorded pronunciation, \sys.pɑ̃\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - d in “suspend” becomes s in “suspens”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
suspend is recorded at frequency rank #18,884, classified as averb, pronounced \sys.pɑ̃\. suspens is at rank #13,273, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sys.pɑ̃\.
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 32157, this pair ranks #299,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of suspend vs suspens
Shared letters: enpsu. Private to "suspend": d. Private to "suspens": -.
"suspend" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "suspens" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "suspend" / "suspens". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "suspend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suspens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #299,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "suspend" and "suspens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suspens vs suspensif". 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 #299,127 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.