Which to use
“soudures” and “sutures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,800
- “soudures” frequency rank
- #41,030
- “sutures” frequency rank
- 89830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soudures | sutures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de soudure. | Pluriel de suture. |
Where the eye mixes soudures and sutures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. soudures runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against sutures's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses soudures with sutures
A purely visual mix-up. soudures (\su.dyʁ\) and sutures (\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 89830, 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\. sutures is at rank #41,030, 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 89830, this pair ranks #5,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soudures vs sutures
Shared letters: ersu. Private to "soudures": do. Private to "sutures": t.
"soudures" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "sutures" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soudures" for "sutures" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soudures" vs "sutures" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soudures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sutures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soudures" and "sutures" 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 #5,395 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.