souder

\su.de\

/\su.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“souder” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,752
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unir directement par le martelage ou la fusion autogène des parties en contact, de manière à n’en faire qu’une même pièce, en parlant des pièces de métal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-souder · souder · French

souder · rank #28,752 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,752
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sono

Nearest frequency peer: sono (-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 « souder »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « souder » 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).

souder vs suer
67% similar
souder vs sour
67% similar
souder vs super
67% similar

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

Key facts for souder
PropertyValue
Headwordsouder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\su.de\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,752
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « souder »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.souderse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sono » (#28,751), « soulevés » (#28,753), « sodas » (#28,750). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « souder » est au #28,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around souder (IPA \su.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,752 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for souder, with forms such as "osuder", "soduer", and "soudder". 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, "suer", "sour", "super", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is souder, spelled S-O-U-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unir directement par le martelage ou la fusion autogène des parties en contact, de manière à n’en faire qu’une même pièce, en parlant des pièces de métal.
  2. 2
    Braser : joindre des pièces de métal ensemble, au moyen d’une composition métallique fusible.
  3. 3
    Réunir fermement des choses matérielles qui ne le sont pas habituellement.
  4. 4
    Réunir (des réalités immatérielles).
  5. 5
    Renforcer la cohésion d’un groupe, d’une société.
  6. 6
    Se rejoindre ou se trouver uni de manière à ne plus former qu’une seule pièce, en parlant de parties anatomiques d'un végétal, d’abord ou ordinairement distinctes.
  7. 7
    Rouler pied au plancher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Souder deux pièces de fer.
  2. C'était une fabrique de bijoux et Béatrice soudait l’or, l'argent, le cuivre, préparait les modèles pour les représentants. Elle était devenue une excellente monteuse en bijoux.

Synonyms

braser

Antonyms

dessouder

This word in other languages

weld(English)soldar(Español)schweißen(Deutsch)soldar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • osuder
  • soduer
  • soudder
  • souderr
  • souedr
  • ssouder
  • suoder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of souder - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

osuder2soduer2soudder1souderr1souedr2ssouder1suoder2
Edit distance from "souder"

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 "souder"?
"souder" is spelled S-O-U-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \su.de\.
What does "souder" mean?
As a verb, "souder" means: Unir directement par le martelage ou la fusion autogène des parties en contact, de manière à n’en faire qu’une même pièce, en parlant des pièces de métal.
What words are commonly confused with "souder"?
"souder" is commonly confused with "suer", "sour", "super". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "souder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souder" is \su.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souder" come from?
"souder" 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 "souder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sirius#28,745silice#28,744seigle#28,741testez#28,775

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

sodas7 variantsrisée7 variantsvador7 variantsWalid7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list