soudevssoudéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: soude is a noun, soudées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“soude” is a noun and “soudées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,472
“soude” frequency rank
#44,197
“soudées” frequency rank
65669
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soude soudées
Definition Hydroxyde de sodium, de formule NaOH. C'est un produit extrêmement dangereux car caustique pour les tissus vivants (→ voir soude caustique). Féminin pluriel de soudé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set soude and soudées apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
soude
7 ch
soudées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soude is \sud\ while soudées is \su.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soude is recorded at frequency rank #21,472, classified as anoun, pronounced \sud\. soudées is at rank #44,197, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.de\.

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 65669, this pair ranks #71,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of soude vs soudées

Shared letters: deosu. Private to "soude": -. Private to "soudées": é.

"soude" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "soudées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soudeosude · sodue · soudde · soued · ssoude · suode

Frequency comparison

soude#21,472
soudées#44,197

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "soude" and "soudées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "soude" is a noun and "soudées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "soude" or "soudées"?
"soude" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,472 in our French list, against #44,197 for "soudées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering soude vs soudées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “soude”; for an adjective, it's “soudées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “soude” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list