sortent

\sɔʁt\

/\sɔʁt\/ verb

The verdict

“sortent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,803
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sortir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sortent · sortent · French

sortent · rank #3,803 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,803
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sièges

Nearest frequency peer: sièges (-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 « sortent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sortent » 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).

sortent vs sortes
71% similar
sortent vs sortez
71% similar
sortent vs souvent
71% similar

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

Key facts for sortent
PropertyValue
Headwordsortent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɔʁt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,803
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sortent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sortentse 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 « sièges » (#3,802), « souffre » (#3,804), « signal » (#3,801). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sortent » est au #3,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sortent (IPA \sɔʁt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,803 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sortent, with forms such as "osrtent", "soretnt", and "sorrtent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sortes", "sortez", "souvent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sortent, spelled S-O-R-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sortir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de sortir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais, vis-à-vis de l’Histoire, les deux présidents n’en sortent pas grandis, Reagan pour ses « trous de mémoire » , et Bush pour s’être « autogracié ».
  2. Phénomène inversé pour celles qui s’en sortent mieux économiquement et se voient « dé-tsiganisées » et requalifiées de « Forains » (…).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osrtent
  • soretnt
  • sorrtent
  • sortennt
  • sortentt
  • sortetn
  • sortnet
  • sorttent
  • sotrent
  • srotent
  • ssortent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sortent - 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.

osrtent2soretnt2sorrtent1sortennt1sortentt1sortetn2sortnet2sorttent1
Edit distance from "sortent"

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 "sortent"?
"sortent" is spelled S-O-R-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁt\.
What does "sortent" mean?
As a verb, "sortent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sortir.
What words are commonly confused with "sortent"?
"sortent" is commonly confused with "sortes", "sortez", "souvent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sortent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sortent" is \sɔʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sortent" come from?
"sortent" 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 "sortent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list