sortir

/\sɔʁ.tiʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#534

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

sortir is aFrenchverb. It means: Passer du dedans vers le dehors. Pronounced \sɔʁ.tiʁ\. It ranks #534 in French word frequency. Often confused with sorts and sortis.

Key facts for sortir
PropertyValue
Headwordsortir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɔʁ.tiʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#534
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sortir in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sortir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɔʁ.tiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #534 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 21 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for sortir, with forms such as "osrtir", "soritr", and "sorrtir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sorts", "sortis", "soupir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sortir, spelled S-O-R-T-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Passer du dedans vers le dehors.
  2. 2
    Quitter la maison pour se promener, pour faire des visites, etc.
  3. 3
    Partir de chez soi pour prendre du bon temps.
  4. 4
    Quitter sa chambre de malade pour commencer sa convalescence.
  5. 5
    Quitter un lieu où l’on était.
  6. 6
    Cesser de se trouver dans un temps, une époque, un état ou une condition.
  7. 7
    Ne plus être en situation, en parlant de choses morales.
  8. 8
    Se délivrer, s’affranchir, se tirer de quelque situation difficile, embarrassante ou périlleuse.
  9. 9
    Pousser au-dehors, commencer à paraître.
  10. 10
    Dépasser de quelque chose.
  11. 11
    S’exhaler.
  12. 12
    Être produit, en parlant des ouvrages de l’industrie, de l’art ou de l’esprit.
  13. 13
    Être issu.
  14. 14
    Entretenir une liaison amoureuse, voire sexuelle, avec quelqu’un.
  15. 15
    Tirer ; mettre dehors ; expulser.
  16. 16
    Tirer ; mettre dehors ; expulser.
  17. 17
    Mener dehors.
  18. 18
    Appréhender pour mettre dehors.
  19. 19
    Publier, mettre en vente, faire paraître.
  20. 20
    Se tirer d’une situation.
  21. 21
    Dire, débiter, proférer.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: osrtir,soritr,sorrtir,sortirr,sortri,sorttir,sotrir,srotir,ssortir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sortir

Misspelling Variants of "sortir"

osrtir6soritr6sorrtir7sortirr7sortri6sorttir7sotrir6srotir6
Misspelling Variants of "sortir"

Frequency rank: #534 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sortir"?
"sortir" is spelled S-O-R-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.tiʁ\.
What does "sortir" mean?
As a verb, "sortir" means: Passer du dedans vers le dehors.
What words are commonly confused with "sortir"?
"sortir" is commonly confused with "sorts", "sortis", "soupir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sortir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sortir" is \sɔʁ.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sortir" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.