Which to use
“sortie” and “sorties” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #623
- “sortie” frequency rank
- #4,023
- “sorties” frequency rank
- 4646
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortie | sorties |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de sortir. | Pluriel de sortie. |
Same sound, different letters: sortie vs sorties
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - sortie and sorties
This is the hard kind. sortie and sorties are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.ti\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “sortie” sits inside “sorties”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortie is recorded at frequency rank #623, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti\. sorties is at rank #4,023, tagged as anoun, 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 4646, this pair ranks #431,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sortie vs sorties
Shared letters: eiorst. Private to "sortie": -. Private to "sorties": -.
"sortie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "sorties" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sortie" and "sorties" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sortie" or "sorties"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sorties" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortie" and "sorties" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sorties 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 #431,063 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.