Which to use
“sauter” and “souper” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,800
- “sauter” frequency rank
- #11,135
- “souper” frequency rank
- 14935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauter | souper |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’élancer en l’air, soit pour retomber au même endroit, soit pour franchir un espace. | , , , Prendre le repas du soir. |
Where the eye mixes sauter and souper
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sauter and souper follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between sauter and souper
A purely visual mix-up. sauter (\so.te\) and souper (\su.pe\) 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 14935, 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\. souper is at rank #11,135, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.pe\.
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 14935, this pair ranks #394,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sauter vs souper
Shared letters: ersu. Private to "sauter": at. Private to "souper": op.
"sauter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "souper" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sauter" and "souper" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sauter" or "souper"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauter" and "souper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soler vs souper". 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 #394,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.