Which to use
“soudure” and “suture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,774
- “soudure” frequency rank
- #21,179
- “suture” frequency rank
- 42953
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudure | suture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de souder ; le résultat de ce travail. | Jointure de deux parties du crâne qui entrent l’une dans l’autre par des dentelures et qui paraissent comme cousues ensemble. |
Where the eye mixes soudure and suture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soudure runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against suture's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between soudure and suture
A purely visual mix-up. soudure (\su.dyʁ\) and suture (\sy.tyʁ\) 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 42953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soudure is recorded at frequency rank #21,774, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.dyʁ\. suture is at rank #21,179, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.tyʁ\.
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 42953, this pair ranks #221,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soudure vs suture
Shared letters: ersu. Private to "soudure": do. Private to "suture": t.
"soudure" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "suture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soudure" for "suture" ever safe?
Which is more common, "soudure" or "suture"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudure" and "suture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soudure vs soudures". 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 #221,701 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.