Which to use
“sortant” is an adjective and “sortent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,642
- “sortant” frequency rank
- #3,803
- “sortent” frequency rank
- 7445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortant | sortent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sort. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sortir. |
Where the eye mixes sortant and sortent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sortant with sortent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sortant is \sɔʁ.tɑ̃\ while sortent is \sɔʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “sortant” becomes e in “sortent”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7445, 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\. sortent is at rank #3,803, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁt\.
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 7445, this pair ranks #423,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sortant vs sortent
Shared letters: norst. Private to "sortant": a. Private to "sortent": e.
"sortant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "sortent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sortant" for "sortent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "sortant" or "sortent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sortant" and "sortent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortant" and "sortent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sortant vs soutane". 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 #423,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.