Which to use
“société” and “soliste” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #252
- “société” frequency rank
- #30,815
- “soliste” frequency rank
- 31067
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | société | soliste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage d’humains qui sont unis par la nature ou par des lois ; commerce que les humains réunis ont naturellement les uns avec les autres. | Celui, celle qui exécute un solo. |
Where the eye mixes société and soliste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. société (CVCVVCV) and soliste (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: société vs soliste
A purely visual mix-up. société (\sɔ.sje.te\) and soliste (\sɔ.list\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31067, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
société is recorded at frequency rank #252, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.sje.te\. soliste is at rank #30,815, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.list\.
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 31067, this pair ranks #306,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of société vs soliste
Shared letters: iost. Private to "société": cé. Private to "soliste": el.
"société" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "soliste" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- soliste ← osliste · sloiste · soilste · soliset · solisste · solistte · solitse · solliste
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "société" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soliste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,192 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "société" and "soliste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solis vs soliste". 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 #306,192 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.