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“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.

6 ch
sortir
7 ch
sortira

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

  • sortirosrtir · soritr · sorrtir · sortirr · sortri · sorttir · sotrir · srotir
  • sortiraosrtira · soritra · sorrtira · sortiar · sortirra · sortria · sorttira · sotrira

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sortir" and "sortira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sɔʁ.tiʁ\ versus \sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sortir" or "sortira"?
"sortir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #534 in our French list, against #6,761 for "sortira". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list