Which to use
“solde” and “sourde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,925
- “solde” frequency rank
- #14,569
- “sourde” frequency rank
- 20494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | solde | sourde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paie octroyée par l’armée à un de ses membres militaires ou, par extension, un de ses employés civils. | Femme sourde. |
Where the eye mixes solde and sourde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses solde with sourde
A purely visual mix-up. solde (\sɔld\) and sourde (\suʁd\) 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 20494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
solde is recorded at frequency rank #5,925, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔld\. sourde is at rank #14,569, tagged as anoun, pronounced \suʁd\.
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 20494, this pair ranks #367,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of solde vs sourde
Shared letters: deos. Private to "solde": l. Private to "sourde": ru.
"solde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sourde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "solde" for "sourde" ever safe?
Which is more common, "solde" or "sourde"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "solde" and "sourde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "solde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sourde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,999 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "solde" and "sourde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souabe vs sourde". 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 #367,999 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.