Which to use
“sautait” and “sortait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,529
- “sautait” frequency rank
- #8,040
- “sortait” frequency rank
- 49569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sautait | sortait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de sauter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de sortir. |
Where the eye mixes sautait and sortait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sautait vs sortait
A purely visual mix-up. sautait (\so.tɛ\) and sortait (\sɔʁ.tɛ\) 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 49569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sautait is recorded at frequency rank #41,529, classified as averb, pronounced \so.tɛ\. sortait is at rank #8,040, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.tɛ\.
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 49569, this pair ranks #169,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sautait vs sortait
Shared letters: aist. Private to "sautait": u. Private to "sortait": or.
"sautait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "sortait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sautait" and "sortait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sautait" or "sortait" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sautait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,567 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sautait" and "sortait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sauta vs sautait". 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 #169,567 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.