saluéevssoldéeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“saluée” and “soldée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,359
“saluée” frequency rank
#45,322
“soldée” frequency rank
75681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature saluée soldée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de saluer. Participe passé féminin singulier de solder.

Where the eye mixes saluée and soldée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. saluée (CVCVVV) and soldée (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
saluée
6 ch
soldée

Visual trap between saluée and soldée

A purely visual mix-up. saluée (\sa.lɥe\) and soldée (\sɔl.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

saluée is recorded at frequency rank #30,359, classified as averb, pronounced \sa.lɥe\. soldée is at rank #45,322, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔl.de\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 75681, this pair ranks #33,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of saluée vs soldée

Shared letters: elsé. Private to "saluée": au. Private to "soldée": do.

"saluée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "soldée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "saluée" and "soldée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sa.lɥe\ versus \sɔl.de\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "saluée" or "soldée"?
"saluée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,359 in our French list, against #45,322 for "soldée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "saluée" and "soldée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "saluée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soldée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "saluée" and "soldée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldée vs soler". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list