Which to use
“soudée” is an adjective and “source” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,983
- “soudée” frequency rank
- #662
- “source” frequency rank
- 30645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudée | source |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de soudé. | Point d’émergence naturelle d’eau, généralement souterraine, à la surface du sol. |
Where the eye mixes soudée and source
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between soudée and source
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soudée is \su.de\ while source is \suʁs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30645, 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\. source is at rank #662, tagged as anoun, pronounced \suʁs\.
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 30645, this pair ranks #308,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soudée vs source
Shared letters: eosu. Private to "soudée": dé. Private to "source": cr.
"soudée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "source" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- source ← osurce · soruce · soucre · sourcce · sourec · sourrce · ssource · suorce
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soudée" for "source" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soudée" vs "source" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "source" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,905 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudée" and "source" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldée vs soudée". 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 #308,905 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.