soudevsSoultConfusable pair

Quick tell: soude is a noun, Soult is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,472
“soude” frequency rank
#48,803
“Soult” frequency rank
70275
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soude Soult
Definition Hydroxyde de sodium, de formule NaOH. C'est un produit extrêmement dangereux car caustique pour les tissus vivants (→ voir soude caustique). Nom de famille.

Letter map: soude vs Soult

Shared letters muted; letters that set soude and Soult apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. soude (CVVCV) and Soult (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
soude
5 ch
Soult

Role in the sentence - soude and Soult

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: soude is anoun and Soultaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70275, 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\. Soult is at rank #48,803, tagged as aname.

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 70275, this pair ranks #51,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of soude vs Soult

Shared letters: osu. Private to "soude": de. Private to "Soult": lt.

"soude" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Soult" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soude ← osude · sodue · soudde · soued · ssoude · suode
  • Soult ← osult · solut · soullt · soultt · soutl · ssoult · suolt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "soude" and "Soult" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "soude" is a noun and "Soult" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "soude" or "Soult" show up more?
"soude" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,472 in our French list, against #48,803 for "Soult". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "soude" and "Soult".

  • Full dictionary entry for "soude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Soult" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soude" and "Soult" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "skull 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 #51,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list