Which to use
“soldée” is a verb and “soudée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,322
- “soldée” frequency rank
- #29,983
- “soudée” frequency rank
- 75305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soldée | soudée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de solder. | Féminin singulier de soudé. |
Where the eye mixes soldée and soudée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soldée (CVCCVV) and soudée (CVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between soldée and soudée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soldée is \sɔl.de\ while soudée is \su.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - l in “soldée” becomes u in “soudée”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soldée is recorded at frequency rank #45,322, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔl.de\. soudée is at rank #29,983, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.de\.
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 75305, this pair ranks #34,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soldée vs soudée
Shared letters: deosé. Private to "soldée": l. Private to "soudée": u.
"soldée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "soudée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soldée" and "soudée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soldée" vs "soudée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "soldée" and "soudée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soldée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soudée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,487 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soldée" and "soudée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldée vs soler". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #34,487 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.