Which to use
“soudée” and “soudés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,983
- “soudée” frequency rank
- #26,190
- “soudés” frequency rank
- 56173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudée | soudés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de soudé. | Masculin pluriel de soudé. |
Same sound, different letters: soudée vs soudés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. soudée (CVVCVV) and soudés (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - soudée and soudés
This is the hard kind. soudée and soudés are pronounced identically (\su.de\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “soudée” becomes s in “soudés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soudée is recorded at frequency rank #29,983, classified as anadj, pronounced \su.de\. soudés is at rank #26,190, 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 56173, this pair ranks #122,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soudée vs soudés
Shared letters: dosué. Private to "soudée": e. Private to "soudés": -.
"soudée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "soudés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soudée" and "soudés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soudée" vs "soudés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soudés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudée" and "soudés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sofres vs soudés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #122,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.