Which to use
“sondages” and “soudage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,624
- “sondages” frequency rank
- #40,508
- “soudage” frequency rank
- 45132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sondages | soudage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sondage. | Action de souder. |
Where the eye mixes sondages and soudage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sondages runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against soudage's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sondages and soudage
A purely visual mix-up. sondages (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sondages is recorded at frequency rank #4,624, 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 45132, this pair ranks #205,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sondages vs soudage
Shared letters: adegos. Private to "sondages": n. Private to "soudage": u.
"sondages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "soudage" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sondages" for "soudage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sondages" vs "soudage" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sondages" 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 #205,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sondages" 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 #205,140 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.