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“souder” and “suer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,752
“souder” frequency rank
#28,765
“suer” frequency rank
57517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature souder suer
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. Transpirer, rendre de la sueur par les pores de la peau.

Where the eye mixes souder and suer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. souder runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against suer's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
souder
4 ch
suer

Look-alike desk: souder vs suer

A purely visual mix-up. souder (\su.de\) and suer (\sɥe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57517, 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\. suer is at rank #28,765, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥe\.

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 57517, this pair ranks #114,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of souder vs suer

Shared letters: ersu. Private to "souder": do. Private to "suer": -.

"souder" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "suer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • souder ← osuder · soduer · soudder · souderr · souedr · ssouder · suoder
  • suer ← seur · ssuer · suerr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "souder" and "suer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\su.de\ versus \sɥe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "souder" or "suer"?
"souder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,752 in our French list, against #28,765 for "suer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "suer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "souder" and "suer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suer vs suu". 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 #114,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list