Which to use
“sorti” and “sortis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,150
- “sorti” frequency rank
- #5,292
- “sortis” frequency rank
- 6442
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sorti | sortis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de sortir. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de sortir. |
Same sound, different letters: sorti vs sortis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - sorti / sortis
This is the hard kind. sorti and sortis are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.ti\) and both work as averb. 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) - “sorti” sits inside “sortis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6442, 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\. sortis is at rank #5,292, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti\.
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 6442, this pair ranks #426,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sorti vs sortis
Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sorti": -. Private to "sortis": -.
"sorti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sortis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sorti" and "sortis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sorti" vs "sortis" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"sorti" and "sortis" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sorti" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sorti" and "sortis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sortiras vs sortis". 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 #426,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.