soudésvssourisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: soudés is a adjective, souris is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“soudés” is an adjective and “souris” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,190
“soudés” frequency rank
#2,965
“souris” frequency rank
29155
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soudés souris
Definition Masculin pluriel de soudé. Petit rongeur de la famille des muridés.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set soudés and souris apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
soudés
6 ch
souris

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soudés is \su.de\ while souris is \su.ʁi\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29155, 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\. souris is at rank #2,965, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.ʁi\.

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 29155, this pair ranks #318,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soudés vs souris

Shared letters: osu. Private to "soudés": . Private to "souris": ir.

"soudés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "souris" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sourisosuris · soruis · souirs · souriss · sourris · soursi · ssouris · suoris

Frequency comparison

soudés#26,190
souris#2,965

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "soudés" and "souris" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "soudés" is an adjective and "souris" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "soudés" or "souris"?
"souris" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,965 in our French list, against #26,190 for "soudés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering soudés vs souris

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “soudés”; for a noun, it's “souris”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “soudés” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list