sortentvssortezTell them apart

Which to use

“sortent” and “sortez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,803
“sortent” frequency rank
#7,903
“sortez” frequency rank
11706
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sortent sortez
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sortir. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sortir.

Where the eye mixes sortent and sortez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
sortent
6 ch
sortez

Visual trap between sortent and sortez

A purely visual mix-up. sortent (\sɔʁt\) and sortez (\sɔʁ.te\) 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 11706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sortent is recorded at frequency rank #3,803, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔʁt\. sortez is at rank #7,903, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.te\.

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 11706, this pair ranks #408,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sortent vs sortez

Shared letters: eorst. Private to "sortent": n. Private to "sortez": z.

"sortent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "sortez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sortentosrtent · soretnt · sorrtent · sortennt · sortentt · sortetn · sortnet · sorttent
  • sortezosrtez · soretz · sorrtez · sortezz · sorttez · sortze · sotrez · srotez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sortent" and "sortez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sɔʁt\ versus \sɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sortent" or "sortez"?
"sortent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,803 in our French list, against #7,903 for "sortez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sortent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sortez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #408,151 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sortent" and "sortez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sautez vs sortez". 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 #408,151 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list