Which to use
“sortes” is a noun and “sortez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,964
- “sortes” frequency rank
- #7,903
- “sortez” frequency rank
- 11867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortes | sortez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sorte. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sortir. |
Where the eye mixes sortes and sortez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sortes with sortez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sortes is \sɔʁt\ while sortez is \sɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “sortes” becomes z in “sortez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortes is recorded at frequency rank #3,964, classified as anoun, 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 11867, this pair ranks #407,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sortes vs sortez
Shared letters: eorst. Private to "sortes": -. Private to "sortez": z.
"sortes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sortez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sortes" and "sortez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sortes" or "sortez" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sortes" and "sortez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortes" 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 #407,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortes" 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 #407,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.