Which to use
“sortait” and “sortirait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,040
- “sortait” frequency rank
- #24,397
- “sortirait” frequency rank
- 32437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortait | sortirait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de sortir. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de sortir. |
Where the eye mixes sortait and sortirait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sortait with sortirait
A purely visual mix-up. sortait (\sɔʁ.tɛ\) and sortirait (\sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortait is recorded at frequency rank #8,040, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.tɛ\. sortirait is at rank #24,397, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ\.
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 32437, this pair ranks #297,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sortait vs sortirait
Shared letters: aiorst. Private to "sortait": -. Private to "sortirait": -.
"sortait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "sortirait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sortait" and "sortirait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sortait" or "sortirait"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortirait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortait" and "sortirait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sortirait vs sortiras". 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 #297,288 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.