Which to use
“site” and “soute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #286
- “site” frequency rank
- #25,813
- “soute” frequency rank
- 26099
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | site | soute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Situation du lieu ou du terrain où s’élèvent une ville, un village, une station, un monument, etc., manière dont l’objet géographique se situe dans le lieu qu’il occupe par rapport à son environnement immédiat. | Réduit ménagé dans les étages inférieurs d’un navire et qui sert de magasin pour les munitions de guerre, pour les provisions, etc. |
Where the eye mixes site and soute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses site with soute
A purely visual mix-up. site (\sit\) and soute (\sut\) 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 26099, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
site is recorded at frequency rank #286, classified as anoun, pronounced \sit\. soute is at rank #25,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sut\.
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 26099, this pair ranks #337,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of site vs soute
Shared letters: est. Private to "site": i. Private to "soute": ou.
"site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "soute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "site" and "soute" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "site" or "soute"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "site" and "soute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "site" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "site" and "soute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Soult vs soute". 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 #337,119 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.