Which to use
“sortant” and “sortants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,642
- “sortant” frequency rank
- #25,134
- “sortants” frequency rank
- 28776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortant | sortants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sort. | Masculin pluriel de sortant. |
Same sound, different letters: sortant vs sortants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - sortant / sortants
This is the hard kind. sortant and sortants are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.tɑ̃\) 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) - “sortant” sits inside “sortants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortant is recorded at frequency rank #3,642, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɔʁ.tɑ̃\. sortants is at rank #25,134, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɔʁ.tɑ̃\.
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 28776, this pair ranks #320,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sortant vs sortants
Shared letters: anorst. Private to "sortant": -. Private to "sortants": -.
"sortant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "sortants" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sortant" for "sortants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sortant" vs "sortants" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"sortant" and "sortants" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortant" and "sortants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "servants vs sortants". 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 #320,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.