Which to use
“soldée” and “souder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,322
- “soldée” frequency rank
- #28,752
- “souder” frequency rank
- 74074
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soldée | souder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de solder. | Unir directement par le martelage ou la fusion autogène des parties en contact, de manière à n’en faire qu’une même pièce, en parlant des pièces de métal. |
Where the eye mixes soldée and souder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. soldée (CVCCVV) and souder (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between soldée and souder
A purely visual mix-up. soldée (\sɔl.de\) and souder (\su.de\) 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 74074, 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\. souder is at rank #28,752, tagged as averb, 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 74074, this pair ranks #38,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soldée vs souder
Shared letters: deos. Private to "soldée": lé. Private to "souder": ru.
"soldée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "souder" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souder ← osuder · soduer · soudder · souderr · souedr · ssouder · suoder
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soldée" for "souder" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soldée" vs "souder" - which ranks higher?
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 "soldée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,354 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soldée" and "souder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldée vs soler". 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 #38,354 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.