Which to use
“soudée” and “sourdes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,983
- “soudée” frequency rank
- #42,062
- “sourdes” frequency rank
- 72045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudée | sourdes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de soudé. | Féminin pluriel de sourd. |
Where the eye mixes soudée and sourdes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soudée runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against sourdes's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: soudée vs sourdes
A purely visual mix-up. soudée (\su.de\) and sourdes (\suʁd\) 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 72045, 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\. sourdes is at rank #42,062, tagged as anadj, 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 72045, this pair ranks #45,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soudée vs sourdes
Shared letters: deosu. Private to "soudée": é. Private to "sourdes": r.
"soudée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "sourdes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sourdes ← osurdes · sorudes · soudres · sourddes · sourdess · sourdse · soureds · sourrdes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soudée" for "sourdes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soudée" vs "sourdes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "sourdes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudée" and "sourdes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sofres vs sourdes". 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 #45,414 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.