Which to use
“souche” and “souches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,392
- “souche” frequency rank
- #12,867
- “souches” frequency rank
- 22259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souche | souches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie basse du tronc d’un arbre qui reste en terre quand l’arbre a été coupé. | Pluriel de souche. |
Same sound, different letters: souche vs souches
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. souche runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against souches's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - souche / souches
This is the hard kind. souche and souches are pronounced identically (\suʃ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “souche” sits inside “souches”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souche is recorded at frequency rank #9,392, classified as anoun, pronounced \suʃ\. souches is at rank #12,867, tagged as anoun, pronounced \suʃ\.
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 22259, this pair ranks #358,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souche vs souches
Shared letters: cehosu. Private to "souche": -. Private to "souches": -.
"souche" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "souches" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "souche" and "souches" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "souche" vs "souches" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "souche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souche" and "souches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "socles vs souches". 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 #358,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.