Which to use
“sitter” and “sotte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,739
- “sitter” frequency rank
- #34,316
- “sotte” frequency rank
- 66055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sitter | sotte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modèle, sujet, personne posant pour un portrait. | Femme sans esprit, sans jugement. |
Where the eye mixes sitter and sotte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sitter runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against sotte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sitter vs sotte
A purely visual mix-up. sitter (\ˈsɪ.tə\) and sotte (\sɔt\) 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 66055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sitter is recorded at frequency rank #31,739, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈsɪ.tə\. sotte is at rank #34,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔt\.
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 66055, this pair ranks #69,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sitter vs sotte
Shared letters: est. Private to "sitter": ir. Private to "sotte": o.
"sitter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sitter" and "sotte" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sitter" or "sotte"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sitter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sotte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sitter" and "sotte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soto vs sotte". 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 #69,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.