Which to use
“souci” and “soucis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,644
- “souci” frequency rank
- #2,740
- “soucis” frequency rank
- 5384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souci | soucis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Soin, préoccupation, inquiétude. | Épaisse mousseline de soie généralement rayées. |
Same sound, different letters: souci vs soucis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - souci / soucis
This is the hard kind. souci and soucis are pronounced identically (\su.si\) 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) - “souci” sits inside “soucis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souci is recorded at frequency rank #2,644, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.si\. soucis is at rank #2,740, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.si\.
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 5384, this pair ranks #429,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souci vs soucis
Shared letters: ciosu. Private to "souci": -. Private to "soucis": -.
"souci" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "soucis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souci" and "soucis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "souci" or "soucis" show up more?
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 "souci" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soucis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,165 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souci" and "soucis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souci 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 #429,165 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.