Which to use
“sondage” and “soudage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,899
- “sondage” frequency rank
- #40,508
- “soudage” frequency rank
- 43407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sondage | soudage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de sonder un lieu, d'en mesurer la profondeur, la nature ou la composition. | Action de souder. |
Where the eye mixes sondage and soudage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sondage (CVCCVCV) and soudage (CVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between sondage and soudage
A purely visual mix-up. sondage (\sɔ̃.daʒ\) and soudage (\su.daʒ\) 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 a single letter - n in “sondage” becomes u in “soudage”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sondage is recorded at frequency rank #2,899, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ̃.daʒ\. soudage is at rank #40,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.daʒ\.
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 43407, this pair ranks #218,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sondage vs soudage
Shared letters: adegos. Private to "sondage": n. Private to "soudage": u.
"sondage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "soudage" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sondage" and "soudage" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sondage" vs "soudage" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sondage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soudage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sondage" and "soudage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soudage vs soutane". 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 #218,296 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.