Which to use
“sortilège” and “sortilèges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,981
- “sortilège” frequency rank
- #35,734
- “sortilèges” frequency rank
- 65715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortilège | sortilèges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de jeter un sort ; maléfice, artifice de sorcier. | Pluriel de sortilège. |
Same sound, different letters: sortilège vs sortilèges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - sortilège / sortilèges
This is the hard kind. sortilège and sortilèges are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\) 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) - “sortilège” sits inside “sortilèges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortilège is recorded at frequency rank #29,981, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\. sortilèges is at rank #35,734, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti.lɛʒ\.
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 65715, this pair ranks #71,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sortilège vs sortilèges
Shared letters: egilorstè. Private to "sortilège": -. Private to "sortilèges": -.
"sortilège" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "sortilèges" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
"sortilège" and "sortilèges" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortilège" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortilèges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,084 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #71,084 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.