sort

\sɔʁ\

/\sɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sort” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #747. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#747
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - La destinée considérée comme cause des divers événements de la vie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sort · sort · French

sort · rank #747 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #747
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sein

Nearest frequency peer: sein (-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 « sort »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sort » 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).

sort vs st
50% similar
sort vs sr
50% similar
sort vs sur
50% similar

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

Key facts for sort
PropertyValue
Headwordsort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#747
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sort »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sein » (#746), « zone » (#748), « présence » (#745). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sort » est au #747. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around sort (IPA \sɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #747 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for sort, with forms such as "osrt", "sorrt", and "sortt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "st", "sr", "sur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sort, spelled S-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    La destinée considérée comme cause des divers événements de la vie.
  2. 2
    Effet de la destinée ou de la rencontre fortuite des événements bons ou mauvais.
  3. 3
    Condition ou état d’une personne sous le rapport de la richesse.
  4. 4
    Condition des choses, ce qu'il leur advient.
  5. 5
    Manière de décider quelque chose par le hasard.
  6. 6
    Ensemble de paroles, de regards, de caractères, de maléfices par lesquels, suivant une croyance superstitieuse, on peut produire des effets extraordinaires, et presque toujours malfaisants.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au contraire de son aîné, il était doté d’un corps malingre qui semblait l’empêcher de s’épanouir. Et comme si la nature s’était acharnée sur son sort, il bégayait chaque fois qu’il devait s’exprimer en public. Il devenait alors ombrageux et taciturne.
  2. Le sort en a ainsi ordonné. - Les caprices du sort. - Le sort aveugle. - Le sort jaloux.

This word in other languages

fate(English)suerte(Español)Schicksal(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrt
  • sorrt
  • sortt
  • sotr
  • srot
  • ssort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sort - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

osrt2sorrt1sortt1sotr2srot2ssort1
Edit distance from "sort"

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 "sort"?
"sort" is spelled S-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ\.
What does "sort" mean?
As a noun, "sort" means: La destinée considérée comme cause des divers événements de la vie.
What words are commonly confused with "sort"?
"sort" is commonly confused with "st", "sr", "sur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sort" is \sɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sort" come from?
"sort" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sein#746zone#748pied#756demi#736

Similar misspelling depth

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

œuvre6 variantsaccès6 variantslouis6 variantsfilles6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list