Which to use
“sara” and “sutra” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,617
- “sara” frequency rank
- #49,379
- “sutra” frequency rank
- 57996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sara | sutra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Salaire. | Variante orthographique de soutra. |
Where the eye mixes sara and sutra
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sara runs 4 letters (CVCV) against sutra's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sara vs sutra
A purely visual mix-up. sara (\sa.ra\) and sutra (\su.tʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sara is recorded at frequency rank #8,617, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.ra\. sutra is at rank #49,379, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.tʁa\.
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 57996, this pair ranks #111,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sara vs sutra
Shared letters: ars. Private to "sara": -. Private to "sutra": tu.
"sara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sutra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sara" and "sutra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sara" or "sutra"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sutra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sara" and "sutra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "strat vs sutra". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #111,659 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.