Which to use
“sotte” and “soute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,316
- “sotte” frequency rank
- #25,813
- “soute” frequency rank
- 60129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sotte | soute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme sans esprit, sans jugement. | Réduit ménagé dans les étages inférieurs d’un navire et qui sert de magasin pour les munitions de guerre, pour les provisions, etc. |
Where the eye mixes sotte and soute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sotte (CVCCV) and soute (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between sotte and soute
A purely visual mix-up. sotte (\sɔt\) and soute (\sut\) 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 a single letter - t in “sotte” becomes u in “soute”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60129, 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\. soute is at rank #25,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sut\.
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 60129, this pair ranks #99,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sotte vs soute
Shared letters: eost. Private to "sotte": -. Private to "soute": u.
"sotte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "soute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sotte" and "soute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sotte" vs "soute" - which ranks higher?
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 "sotte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sotte" and "soute" 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 #99,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.