sortivssortiraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#1,150
“sorti” frequency rank
#6,761
“sortira” frequency rank
7911
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sorti sortira
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de sortir. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de sortir.

Where the eye mixes sorti and sortira

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

5 ch
sorti
7 ch
sortira

Why the eye confuses sorti with sortira

A purely visual mix-up. sorti (\sɔʁ.ti\) and sortira (\sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “sorti” sits inside “sortira”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sorti is recorded at frequency rank #1,150, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti\. sortira is at rank #6,761, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\.

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 7911, this pair ranks #421,744 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sorti vs sortira

Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sorti": -. Private to "sortira": a.

"sorti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "sortira" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sortiosrti · sorit · sorrti · sortti · sotri · sroti · ssorti
  • sortiraosrtira · soritra · sorrtira · sortiar · sortirra · sortria · sorttira · sotrira

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sorti" for "sortira" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sɔʁ.ti\ versus \sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sorti" or "sortira"?
"sorti" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,150 in our French list, against #6,761 for "sortira". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "sorti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sortira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #421,744 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sorti" and "sortira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sortira 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 #421,744 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