Which to use
“shades” is a noun and “soudés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,617
- “shades” frequency rank
- #26,190
- “soudés” frequency rank
- 68807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shades | soudés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de shade. | Masculin pluriel de soudé. |
Letter map: shades vs soudés
Shared letters muted; letters that set shades and soudés apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. shades (CCVCVC) and soudés (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - shades and soudés
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shades is anoun and soudésanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shades is recorded at frequency rank #42,617, classified as anoun. soudés is at rank #26,190, 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 68807, this pair ranks #57,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shades vs soudés
Shared letters: ds. Private to "shades": aeh. Private to "soudés": oué.
"shades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "soudés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- shades ← hsades · sahdes · shaddes · shadess · shadse · shaeds · shdaes · shhades
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "shades" for "soudés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "shades" or "soudés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "shades" and "soudés".
- Full dictionary entry for "shades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soudés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shades" and "soudés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sardes vs shades". 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 #57,608 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.