Which to use
“soirée” and “soirs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #832
- “soirée” frequency rank
- #5,924
- “soirs” frequency rank
- 6756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soirée | soirs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace de temps depuis le déclin du jour jusqu’au moment où l’on se couche (par exemple entre 18 et 24 heures). | Pluriel de soir. |
Where the eye mixes soirée and soirs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: soirée vs soirs
A purely visual mix-up. soirée (\swa.ʁe\) and soirs (\swaʁ\) 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 6756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soirée is recorded at frequency rank #832, classified as anoun, pronounced \swa.ʁe\. soirs is at rank #5,924, tagged as anoun, pronounced \swaʁ\.
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 6756, this pair ranks #425,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soirée vs soirs
Shared letters: iors. Private to "soirée": eé. Private to "soirs": -.
"soirée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "soirs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soirs ← osirs · siors · soirrs · soirss · soisr · soris · ssoirs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soirée" and "soirs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "soirée" or "soirs"?
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 "soirée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soirs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soirée" and "soirs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sofres vs soirs". 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 #425,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.