Which to use
“sortirais” and “sortirait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,597
- “sortirais” frequency rank
- #24,397
- “sortirait” frequency rank
- 60994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sortirais | sortirait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du conditionnel de sortir. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de sortir. |
Same sound, different letters: sortirais vs sortirait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. sortirais and sortirait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - sortirais and sortirait
This is the hard kind. sortirais and sortirait are pronounced identically (\sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ\) 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 a single letter - s in “sortirais” becomes t in “sortirait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sortirais is recorded at frequency rank #36,597, classified as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ\. sortirait is at rank #24,397, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ\.
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 60994, this pair ranks #94,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sortirais vs sortirait
Shared letters: aiorst. Private to "sortirais": -. Private to "sortirait": -.
"sortirais" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "sortirait" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sortirais" for "sortirait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sortirais" or "sortirait"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "sortirais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sortirait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sortirais" and "sortirait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sortirais 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 #94,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.