Which to use
“sauvées” is a verb and “soudées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,586
- “sauvées” frequency rank
- #44,197
- “soudées” frequency rank
- 76783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauvées | soudées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de sauver. | Féminin pluriel de soudé. |
Where the eye mixes sauvées and soudées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sauvées and soudées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between sauvées and soudées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sauvées is \so.ve\ while soudées is \su.de\. 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 76783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauvées is recorded at frequency rank #32,586, classified as averb, pronounced \so.ve\. soudées is at rank #44,197, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.de\.
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 76783, this pair ranks #30,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sauvées vs soudées
Shared letters: esué. Private to "sauvées": av. Private to "soudées": do.
"sauvées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "soudées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sauvées" for "soudées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sauvées" vs "soudées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauvées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soudées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,173 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauvées" and "soudées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soudées vs soudures". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #30,173 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.