Which to use
“sortir” and “sortiras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #534
- “sortir” frequency rank
- #48,205
- “sortiras” frequency rank
- 48739
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortir | sortiras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passer du dedans vers le dehors. | Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de sortir. |
Where the eye mixes sortir and sortiras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sortir runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against sortiras's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses sortir with sortiras
A purely visual mix-up. sortir (\sɔʁ.tiʁ\) and sortiras (\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 2 extra letter(s) - “sortir” sits inside “sortiras”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48739, 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\. sortiras is at rank #48,205, 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 48739, this pair ranks #176,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sortir vs sortiras
Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sortir": -. Private to "sortiras": a.
"sortir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sortiras" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sortir" and "sortiras" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sortir" or "sortiras" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortiras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortir" and "sortiras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sentiras 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 #176,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.