Which to use
“soude” and “stud” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,472
- “soude” frequency rank
- #40,032
- “stud” frequency rank
- 61504
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soude | stud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hydroxyde de sodium, de formule NaOH. C'est un produit extrêmement dangereux car caustique pour les tissus vivants (→ voir soude caustique). | Forme de jeu de poker. |
Where the eye mixes soude and stud
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. soude runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against stud's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between soude and stud
A purely visual mix-up. soude (\sud\) and stud (\stœd\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61504, 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\. stud is at rank #40,032, tagged as anoun, pronounced \stœd\.
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 61504, this pair ranks #91,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soude vs stud
Shared letters: dsu. Private to "soude": eo. Private to "stud": t.
"soude" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "stud" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soude" and "stud" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "soude" or "stud"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "soude" and "stud" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soude" and "stud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stud vs suu". 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 #91,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.