soude

\sud\

/\sud\/ noun

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The verdict

“soude” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,472
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hydroxyde de sodium, de formule NaOH. C'est un produit extrêmement dangereux car caustique pour les tissus vivants (→ voir soude caustique).

Corpus desk

Index FR-soude · soude · French

soude · rank #21,472 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,472
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sortiront

Nearest frequency peer: sortiront (-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 « soude »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « soude » 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).

soude vs sud
60% similar
soude vs sous
60% similar
soude vs sure
60% similar

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

Key facts for soude
PropertyValue
Headwordsoude
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sud\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,472
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « soude »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).soudese 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 « sortiront » (#21,471), « SPD » (#21,473), « solennelle » (#21,470). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « soude » est au #21,472. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around soude (IPA \sud\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,472 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for soude, with forms such as "osude", "sodue", and "soudde". 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, "sud", "sous", "sure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is soude, spelled S-O-U-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hydroxyde de sodium, de formule NaOH. C'est un produit extrêmement dangereux car caustique pour les tissus vivants (→ voir soude caustique).
  2. 2
    Le sodium (Na) lui-même.
  3. 3
    Carbonate de sodium, de formule Na₂CO₃. C'est une substance neutre faiblement dangereuse qui ne doit pas être confondue avec la soude caustique (→ voir soude du commerce).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour obtenir une attaque rapide de la cellulose, il est nécessaire de la transformer en hydrocellulose par un mercerisage préalable dans la soude caustique.
  2. Pour fabriquer le savon proprement dit utilisé dans la toilette et en blanchisserie, on traite une huile ou une graisse par la soude ou la potasse.

Synonyms

hydroxyde de sodiumsoude caustiquecarbonate de sodium

This word in other languages

lye(English)sosa(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osude
  • sodue
  • soudde
  • soued
  • ssoude
  • suode

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

osude2sodue2soudde1soued2ssoude1suode2
Edit distance from "soude"

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 "soude"?
"soude" is spelled S-O-U-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sud\.
What does "soude" mean?
As a noun, "soude" means: Hydroxyde de sodium, de formule NaOH. C'est un produit extrêmement dangereux car caustique pour les tissus vivants (→ voir soude caustique).
What words are commonly confused with "soude"?
"soude" is commonly confused with "sud", "sous", "sure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "soude"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "soude" is \sud\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "soude" come from?
"soude" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

spike#21,474tapie#21,482rêvez#21,461récré#21,457

Similar misspelling depth

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

vouée6 variantsWong6 variantszach6 variantsptet6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list