Which to use
“sortir” and “sortirent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #534
- “sortir” frequency rank
- #42,061
- “sortirent” frequency rank
- 42595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortir | sortirent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passer du dedans vers le dehors. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de sortir. |
Same sound, different letters: sortir vs sortirent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - sortir and sortirent
This is the hard kind. sortir and sortirent are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.tiʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 3 extra letter(s) - “sortir” sits inside “sortirent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42595, 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\. sortirent is at rank #42,061, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.tiʁ\.
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 42595, this pair ranks #224,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sortir vs sortirent
Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sortir": -. Private to "sortirent": en.
"sortir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sortirent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sortir" and "sortirent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sortir" or "sortirent"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "sortir" / "sortirent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortirent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortir" and "sortirent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "servirent vs sortirent". 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 #224,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.