Which to use
“souche” and “soude” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,392
- “souche” frequency rank
- #21,472
- “soude” frequency rank
- 30864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souche | soude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie basse du tronc d’un arbre qui reste en terre quand l’arbre a été coupé. | 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 souche and soude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. souche runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against soude's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: souche vs soude
A purely visual mix-up. souche (\suʃ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30864, 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\. 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 30864, this pair ranks #307,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souche vs soude
Shared letters: eosu. Private to "souche": ch. Private to "soude": d.
"souche" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "soude" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "souche" for "soude" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "souche" or "soude" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "souche" and "soude" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souche" 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 #307,519 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souche" and "soude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soude vs Soult". 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 #307,519 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.