Which to use
“sondés” and “soupes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,354
- “sondés” frequency rank
- #29,156
- “soupes” frequency rank
- 57510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sondés | soupes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sondé. | Pluriel de soupe. |
Where the eye mixes sondés and soupes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sondés vs soupes
A purely visual mix-up. sondés (\sɔ̃.de\) and soupes (\sup\) 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 57510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sondés is recorded at frequency rank #28,354, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ̃.de\. soupes is at rank #29,156, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sup\.
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 57510, this pair ranks #114,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sondés vs soupes
Shared letters: os. Private to "sondés": dné. Private to "soupes": epu.
"sondés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "soupes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soupes ← osupes · sopues · soueps · soupess · souppes · soupse · ssoupes · suopes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sondés" for "soupes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sondés" or "soupes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sondés" and "soupes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sondés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soupes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sondés" and "soupes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sofres vs soupes". 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 #114,604 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.