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“sociétés” and “solistes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,404
- “sociétés” frequency rank
- #35,731
- “solistes” frequency rank
- 37135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sociétés | solistes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de société. | Pluriel de soliste. |
Where the eye mixes sociétés and solistes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sociétés (CVCVVCVC) and solistes (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: sociétés vs solistes
A purely visual mix-up. sociétés (\sɔ.sje.te\) and solistes (\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 37135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sociétés is recorded at frequency rank #1,404, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.sje.te\. solistes is at rank #35,731, 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 37135, this pair ranks #264,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sociétés vs solistes
Shared letters: iost. Private to "sociétés": cé. Private to "solistes": el.
"sociétés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "solistes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- solistes ← oslistes · sloistes · soilstes · solisets · solisstes · solistess · solistse · solisttes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sociétés" and "solistes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sociétés" or "solistes" show up more?
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 "sociétés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "solistes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sociétés" and "solistes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "solistes vs stylistes". 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 #264,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.