Which to use
“sires” and “soirée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,797
- “sires” frequency rank
- #832
- “soirée” frequency rank
- 49629
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sires | soirée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sire. | Espace de temps depuis le déclin du jour jusqu’au moment où l’on se couche (par exemple entre 18 et 24 heures). |
Where the eye mixes sires and soirée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sires runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against soirée's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sires vs soirée
A purely visual mix-up. sires (\siʁ\) and soirée (\swa.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49629, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sires is recorded at frequency rank #48,797, classified as anoun, pronounced \siʁ\. soirée is at rank #832, tagged as anoun, pronounced \swa.ʁe\.
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 49629, this pair ranks #169,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sires vs soirée
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "sires": -. Private to "soirée": oé.
"sires" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "soirée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sires ← isres · siers · siress · sirres · sirse · sries · ssires
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sires" for "soirée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sires" or "soirée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sires" and "soirée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soirée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sires" and "soirée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sires vs sofres". 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 #169,095 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.