Which to use
“soudures” is a noun and “souffres” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,800
- “soudures” frequency rank
- #35,287
- “souffres” frequency rank
- 84087
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudures | souffres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de soudure. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe souffrir. |
Where the eye mixes soudures and souffres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. soudures (CVVCVCVC) and souffres (CVVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: soudures vs souffres
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soudures is \su.dyʁ\ while souffres is \sufʁ\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soudures is recorded at frequency rank #48,800, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.dyʁ\. souffres is at rank #35,287, tagged as averb, pronounced \sufʁ\.
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 84087, this pair ranks #13,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soudures vs souffres
Shared letters: eorsu. Private to "soudures": d. Private to "souffres": f.
"soudures" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "souffres" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soudures" and "souffres" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "soudures" or "souffres" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "soudures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souffres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudures" and "souffres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soudées 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 #13,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.