Which to use
“soudées” is an adjective and “soumets” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,197
- “soudées” frequency rank
- #38,541
- “soumets” frequency rank
- 82738
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudées | soumets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de soudé. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de soumettre. |
Where the eye mixes soudées and soumets
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soudées (CVVCVVC) and soumets (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between soudées and soumets
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soudées is \su.de\ while soumets is \su.mɛ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82738, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soudées is recorded at frequency rank #44,197, classified as anadj, pronounced \su.de\. soumets is at rank #38,541, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.mɛ\.
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 82738, this pair ranks #16,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soudées vs soumets
Shared letters: eosu. Private to "soudées": dé. Private to "soumets": mt.
"soudées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "soumets" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soumets ← osumets · somuets · souemts · soumest · soumetss · soumetts · soummets · soumtes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soudées" and "soumets" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "soudées" or "soumets" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soumets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,132 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudées" and "soumets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soudées vs soudures". 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 #16,132 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.