Which to use
“sauter” and “soûler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,800
- “sauter” frequency rank
- #39,547
- “soûler” frequency rank
- 43347
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauter | soûler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’élancer en l’air, soit pour retomber au même endroit, soit pour franchir un espace. | Rassasier jusqu’à l’excès, gorger de vin, de viande. |
Where the eye mixes sauter and soûler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sauter and soûler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: sauter vs soûler
A purely visual mix-up. sauter (\so.te\) and soûler (\su.le\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauter is recorded at frequency rank #3,800, classified as averb, pronounced \so.te\. soûler is at rank #39,547, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.le\.
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 43347, this pair ranks #218,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sauter vs soûler
Shared letters: ers. Private to "sauter": atu. Private to "soûler": loû.
"sauter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "soûler" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sauter ← asuter · satuer · sauetr · sauterr · sautre · sautter · ssauter · suater
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sauter" for "soûler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sauter" vs "soûler" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sauter" and "soûler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soûler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauter" and "soûler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soûler vs souleva". 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 #218,766 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.