Which to use
“souder” is a verb and “spider” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,752
- “souder” frequency rank
- #12,483
- “spider” frequency rank
- 41235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souder | spider |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Décapotable conçue comme telle et non en dérivé d’un modèle de série. |
Where the eye mixes souder and spider
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. souder (CVVCVC) and spider (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: souder vs spider
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: souder is \su.de\ while spider is \spi.dɛʁ\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41235, 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\. spider is at rank #12,483, tagged as anoun, pronounced \spi.dɛʁ\.
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 41235, this pair ranks #234,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souder vs spider
Shared letters: ders. Private to "souder": ou. Private to "spider": ip.
"souder" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "spider" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "souder" for "spider" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "souder" or "spider" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "souder" and "spider" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spider" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souder" and "spider" 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 #234,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.