Which to use
“sautent” is a verb and “soutenu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,565
- “sautent” frequency rank
- #3,644
- “soutenu” frequency rank
- 24209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sautent | soutenu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sauter. | Caractère constamment élevé dans l’expression orale ou écrite, emprunt de noblesse. |
Where the eye mixes sautent and soutenu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sautent vs soutenu
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sautent is \sot\ while soutenu is \sut.ny\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sautent is recorded at frequency rank #20,565, classified as averb, pronounced \sot\. soutenu is at rank #3,644, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sut.ny\.
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 24209, this pair ranks #347,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sautent vs soutenu
Shared letters: enstu. Private to "sautent": a. Private to "soutenu": o.
"sautent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "soutenu" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sautent" and "soutenu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sautent" vs "soutenu" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sautent" and "soutenu" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sautent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soutenu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sautent" and "soutenu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sautent vs sucent". 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 #347,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.