sortiravssortisWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“sortira” and “sortis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,761
“sortira” frequency rank
#5,292
“sortis” frequency rank
12053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sortira sortis
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de sortir. Participe passé masculin pluriel de sortir.

Where the eye mixes sortira and sortis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sortira runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against sortis's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
sortira
6 ch
sortis

Visual trap between sortira and sortis

A purely visual mix-up. sortira (\sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\) and sortis (\sɔʁ.ti\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sortira is recorded at frequency rank #6,761, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\. sortis is at rank #5,292, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti\.

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 12053, this pair ranks #406,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sortira vs sortis

Shared letters: iorst. Private to "sortira": a. Private to "sortis": -.

"sortira" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "sortis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sortiraosrtira · soritra · sorrtira · sortiar · sortirra · sortria · sorttira · sotrira
  • sortisosrtis · sorits · sorrtis · sortiss · sortsi · sorttis · sotris · srotis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sortira" for "sortis" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\sɔʁ.ti.ʁa\ versus \sɔʁ.ti\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "sortira" or "sortis"?
"sortis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,292 in our French list, against #6,761 for "sortira". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sortira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sortis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #406,764 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sortira" and "sortis" 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 #406,764 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