sort
French, noun/sɔʁ/
sort is spelled S-O-R-T (4 letters) and appears 112 times per million words in written French, the 736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sort is a French masculine noun meaning “fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of sortir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La destinée considérée comme cause des divers événements de la vie”.
What does sort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)
Je suis tombé amoureux de lui depuis le premier jour où je l'ai vu. C'était le sort.
- 2
masculinelot (something used in determining a question by chance)
- 3
masculinespell (magical incantation). 1688, Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary. "On a jetté un sort sur son bétail, a spell is made upon his cattle, or his cattle is bewitched."
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of sortir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La destinée considérée comme cause des divers événements de la vie. 2. Effet de la destinée ou de la rencontre fortuite des événements bons ou mauvais. 3. Condition ou état d’une personne sous le rapport de la richesse. 4. Condition des choses, ce qu'il leur advient.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sort
- sorts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sort?
- /sɔʁ/
- \sɔʁ\
- [sɔʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sort in French?
sort appears 112 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).