sartvsshareConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#46,436
“sart” frequency rank
#34,310
“share” frequency rank
80746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sart share
Definition Essart. Participation.

Where the eye mixes sart and share

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sart runs 4 letters (CVCC) against share's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
sart
5 ch
share

Visual trap between sart and share

A purely visual mix-up. sart (\saʁ\) and share (\ʃɛə(ɹ)\) 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 80746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sart is recorded at frequency rank #46,436, classified as anoun, pronounced \saʁ\. share is at rank #34,310, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛə(ɹ)\.

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 80746, this pair ranks #20,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sart vs share

Shared letters: ars. Private to "sart": t. Private to "share": eh.

"sart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "share" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sart ← asrt · sarrt · sartt · srat · ssart
  • share ← hsare · sahre · shaer · sharre · shhare · shrae · sshare

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sart" and "share" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\saʁ\ versus \ʃɛə(ɹ)\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sart" or "share"?
"share" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,310 in our French list, against #46,436 for "sart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "share" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sart" and "share" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sabri vs sart". 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 #20,251 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