Which to use
“sortais” and “sortir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,857
- “sortais” frequency rank
- #534
- “sortir” frequency rank
- 21391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortais | sortir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de sortir. | Passer du dedans vers le dehors. |
Where the eye mixes sortais and sortir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sortais vs sortir
A purely visual mix-up. sortais (\sɔʁ.tɛ\) and sortir (\sɔʁ.tiʁ\) 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 21391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortais is recorded at frequency rank #20,857, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.tɛ\. sortir is at rank #534, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.tiʁ\.
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 21391, this pair ranks #363,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sortais vs sortir
Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sortais": a. Private to "sortir": -.
"sortais" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "sortir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sortais" for "sortir" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sortais" vs "sortir" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sortais" and "sortir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortais" and "sortir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sortais vs sortirais". 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 #363,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.