Which to use
“sordide” and “sordides” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,706
- “sordide” frequency rank
- #35,284
- “sordides” frequency rank
- 57990
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sordide | sordides |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est sale, repoussant. | Pluriel de sordide. |
Same sound, different letters: sordide vs sordides
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. sordide runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against sordides's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: sordide vs sordides
This is the hard kind. sordide and sordides are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.did\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sordide” sits inside “sordides”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sordide is recorded at frequency rank #22,706, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɔʁ.did\. sordides is at rank #35,284, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɔʁ.did\.
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 57990, this pair ranks #111,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sordide vs sordides
Shared letters: deiors. Private to "sordide": -. Private to "sordides": -.
"sordide" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "sordides" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sordide" and "sordides" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sordide" or "sordides"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sordide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sordides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sordide" and "sordides" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sordide vs sourdine". 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 #111,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.