Which to use
“soudés” and “souples” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,190
- “soudés” frequency rank
- #20,578
- “souples” frequency rank
- 46768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudés | souples |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de soudé. | Pluriel de souple. |
Where the eye mixes soudés and souples
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. soudés runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against souples's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between soudés and souples
A purely visual mix-up. soudés (\su.de\) and souples (\supl\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soudés is recorded at frequency rank #26,190, classified as anadj, pronounced \su.de\. souples is at rank #20,578, tagged as anadj, pronounced \supl\.
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 46768, this pair ranks #192,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soudés vs souples
Shared letters: osu. Private to "soudés": dé. Private to "souples": elp.
"soudés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "souples" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souples ← osuples · sopules · soulpes · soupels · soupless · souplles · souplse · soupples
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soudés" and "souples" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soudés" vs "souples" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "soudés" and "souples" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souples" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudés" and "souples" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sofres vs soudés". 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 #192,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.