sorte
French, noun/sɔʁt/
sorte is spelled S-O-R-T-E (5 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written French, the 755th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sorte is a French feminine noun meaning “sort, kind, type” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of sortir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce ; genre”.
What does sorte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesort, kind, type
- 2
feminineway, manner
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive of sortir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce ; genre. 2. Façon, manière de faire une chose. 3. # Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)…
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 sorte
- sortes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sorte?
- /sɔʁt/
- \sɔʁt\
- [sɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sorte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sorte in French?
sorte appears 110 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).