Which to use
“soudage” and “soude” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,508
- “soudage” frequency rank
- #21,472
- “soude” frequency rank
- 61980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudage | soude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de souder. | 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 soudage and soude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soudage runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against soude's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: soudage vs soude
A purely visual mix-up. soudage (\su.daʒ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soudage is recorded at frequency rank #40,508, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.daʒ\. 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 61980, this pair ranks #89,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soudage vs soude
Shared letters: deosu. Private to "soudage": ag. Private to "soude": -.
"soudage" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "soude" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soudage" and "soude" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "soudage" vs "soude" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudage" 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 #89,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudage" and "soude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soudage vs soutane". 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 #89,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.