Which to use
“sont” is a verb and “st” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47
- “sont” frequency rank
- #1,190
- “st” frequency rank
- 1237
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sont | st |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de être. | Symbole de la stère. |
Letter map: sont vs st
Shared letters muted; letters that set sont and st apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - sont and st
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sont is averb and stasymbol. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sont is recorded at frequency rank #47, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔ̃\. st is at rank #1,190, tagged as asymbol.
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 1237, this pair ranks #438,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sont vs st
Shared letters: st. Private to "sont": no. Private to "st": -.
"sont" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "st" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sont ← osnt · snot · sonnt · sontt · sotn · ssont
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sont" and "st" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "sont" or "st" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "sont" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "st" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sont" and "st" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "st vs suu". 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 #438,377 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.