Which to use
“sortir” and “sortira” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #534
- “sortir” frequency rank
- #6,761
- “sortira” frequency rank
- 7295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortir | sortira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passer du dedans vers le dehors. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de sortir. |
Where the eye mixes sortir and sortira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sortir vs sortira
A purely visual mix-up. sortir (\sɔʁ.tiʁ\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “sortir” sits inside “sortira”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortir is recorded at frequency rank #534, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.tiʁ\. 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 7295, this pair ranks #423,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sortir vs sortira
Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sortir": -. Private to "sortira": a.
"sortir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sortira" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sortir" and "sortira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sortir" or "sortira"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sortir" and "sortira" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortir" 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 #423,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortir" 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 #423,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.