Which to use
“soudée” is an adjective and “sourde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,983
- “soudée” frequency rank
- #14,569
- “sourde” frequency rank
- 44552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudée | sourde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de soudé. | Femme sourde. |
Where the eye mixes soudée and sourde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses soudée with sourde
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soudée is \su.de\ while sourde is \suʁd\. 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 44552, 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\. sourde is at rank #14,569, tagged as anoun, pronounced \suʁd\.
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 44552, this pair ranks #209,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soudée vs sourde
Shared letters: deosu. Private to "soudée": é. Private to "sourde": r.
"soudée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "sourde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sourde ← osurde · sorude · soudre · sourdde · soured · sourrde · ssourde · suorde
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soudée" and "sourde" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "soudée" or "sourde" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sourde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudée" and "sourde" 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 #209,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.