Which to use
“soient” and “sois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #777
- “soient” frequency rank
- #1,787
- “sois” frequency rank
- 2564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soient | sois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de être. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de être. |
Same sound, different letters: soient vs sois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: soient vs sois
This is the hard kind. soient and sois are pronounced identically (\swa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soient is recorded at frequency rank #777, classified as averb, pronounced \swa\. sois is at rank #1,787, tagged as averb, pronounced \swa\.
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 2564, this pair ranks #435,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soient vs sois
Shared letters: ios. Private to "soient": ent. Private to "sois": -.
"soient" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC · "sois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soient" and "sois" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soient" vs "sois" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "soient" / "sois". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "soient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soient" and "sois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sois vs spi". 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 #435,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.