Which to use
“soucient” and “soutient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,982
- “soucient” frequency rank
- #3,171
- “soutient” frequency rank
- 33153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soucient | soutient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de soucier. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de soutenir. |
Where the eye mixes soucient and soutient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. soucient and soutient follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses soucient with soutient
A purely visual mix-up. soucient (\su.si\) and soutient (\su.tjɛ̃\) 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 - c in “soucient” becomes t in “soutient”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soucient is recorded at frequency rank #29,982, classified as averb, pronounced \su.si\. soutient is at rank #3,171, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.tjɛ̃\.
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 33153, this pair ranks #292,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soucient vs soutient
Shared letters: einostu. Private to "soucient": c. Private to "soutient": -.
"soucient" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC · "soutient" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soucient" and "soutient" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "soucient" vs "soutient" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "soucient" and "soutient" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soucient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soutient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,521 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soucient" and "soutient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soucient vs sucent". 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 #292,521 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.