Which to use
“soudées” and “sourdes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,197
- “soudées” frequency rank
- #42,062
- “sourdes” frequency rank
- 86259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudées | sourdes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de soudé. | Féminin pluriel de sourd. |
Where the eye mixes soudées and sourdes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. soudées (CVVCVVC) and sourdes (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between soudées and sourdes
A purely visual mix-up. soudées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86259, 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\. 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 86259, this pair ranks #9,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soudées vs sourdes
Shared letters: deosu. Private to "soudées": é. Private to "sourdes": r.
"soudées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "sourdes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sourdes ← osurdes · sorudes · soudres · sourddes · sourdess · sourdse · soureds · sourrdes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soudées" for "sourdes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "soudées" or "sourdes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "soudées" and "sourdes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudées" 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 #9,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudées" and "sourdes" 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 #9,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.