Which to use
“souder” is a verb and “sourde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,752
- “souder” frequency rank
- #14,569
- “sourde” frequency rank
- 43321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souder | sourde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unir directement par le martelage ou la fusion autogène des parties en contact, de manière à n’en faire qu’une même pièce, en parlant des pièces de métal. | Femme sourde. |
Where the eye mixes souder and sourde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses souder with sourde
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: souder is \su.de\ while sourde is \suʁd\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souder is recorded at frequency rank #28,752, classified as averb, 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 43321, this pair ranks #218,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souder vs sourde
Shared letters: deorsu. Private to "souder": -. Private to "sourde": -.
"souder" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "sourde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souder" and "sourde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "souder" or "sourde" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "souder" 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 #218,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souder" and "sourde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soler vs souder". 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 #218,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.