Which to use
“sotte” and “soude” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,316
- “sotte” frequency rank
- #21,472
- “soude” frequency rank
- 55788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sotte | soude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme sans esprit, sans jugement. | Hydroxyde de sodium, de formule NaOH. C'est un produit extrêmement dangereux car caustique pour les tissus vivants (→ voir soude caustique). |
Where the eye mixes sotte and soude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sotte (CVCCV) and soude (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses sotte with soude
A purely visual mix-up. sotte (\sɔt\) and soude (\sud\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sotte is recorded at frequency rank #34,316, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔt\. soude is at rank #21,472, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sud\.
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 55788, this pair ranks #125,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sotte vs soude
Shared letters: eos. Private to "sotte": t. Private to "soude": du.
"sotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "soude" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sotte" and "soude" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sotte" or "soude"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sotte" and "soude" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,241 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sotte" and "soude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soto vs sotte". 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 #125,241 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.