sors

\sɔʁs\

/\sɔʁs\/ noun

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The verdict

“sors” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,546
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oiseau de bas-vol qui n’a pas encore mué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sors · sors · French

sors · rank #2,546 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,546
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH score

Nearest frequency peer: score (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sors »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sors » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sors vs ss
50% similar
sors vs sr
50% similar
sors vs sur
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sors
PropertyValue
Headwordsors
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔʁs\
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,546
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sors »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sorsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « score » (#2,545), « superbe » (#2,547), « tiré » (#2,548). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sors » est au #2,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sors (IPA \sɔʁs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,546 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Oiseau de bas-vol qui n’a pas encore mué.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sors, with forms such as "osrs", "sorrs", and "sorss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ss", "sr", "sur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sors, spelled S-O-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oiseau de bas-vol qui n’a pas encore mué.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sors appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les faucons, suivant leur âge, sont niais, branchiers, sors ou hagards. On désigne sous le premier de ces noms des oiseaux pris dans l’aire. Le duvet de la première enfance recouvre encore leur tête, mais leurs membres sont déjà emplumés. S’ils ont quitté l’aire et commencent à voleter sur les branches à la suite de leur mère qui est encore obligée de pou…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrs
  • sorrs
  • sorss
  • sosr
  • sros
  • ssors

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sors - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

osrs2sorrs1sorss1sosr2sros2ssors1
Edit distance from "sors"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sors"?
"sors" is spelled S-O-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁs\.
What does "sors" mean?
As a noun, "sors" means: Oiseau de bas-vol qui n’a pas encore mué.
What words are commonly confused with "sors"?
"sors" is commonly confused with "ss", "sr", "sur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sors"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sors" is \sɔʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sors" come from?
"sors" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sors", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

guide6 variantsjeter6 variantsplat6 variantsallais6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list