Which to use
“sortais” and “sortis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,857
- “sortais” frequency rank
- #5,292
- “sortis” frequency rank
- 26149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortais | sortis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de sortir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de sortir. |
Where the eye mixes sortais and sortis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sortais runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against sortis's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sortais vs sortis
A purely visual mix-up. sortais (\sɔʁ.tɛ\) and sortis (\sɔʁ.ti\) 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 26149, 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\. sortis is at rank #5,292, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti\.
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 26149, this pair ranks #336,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sortais vs sortis
Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sortais": a. Private to "sortis": -.
"sortais" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "sortis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sortais" and "sortis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sortais" vs "sortis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortais" and "sortis" 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 #336,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.