Which to use
“souffler” and “souffrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,667
- “souffler” frequency rank
- #24,039
- “souffrez” frequency rank
- 35706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souffler | souffrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pousser de l’air hors de la bouche. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de souffrir. |
Where the eye mixes souffler and souffrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. souffler and souffrez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between souffler and souffrez
A purely visual mix-up. souffler (\su.fle\) and souffrez (\su.fʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souffler is recorded at frequency rank #11,667, classified as averb, pronounced \su.fle\. souffrez is at rank #24,039, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.fʁe\.
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 35706, this pair ranks #274,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souffler vs souffrez
Shared letters: eforsu. Private to "souffler": l. Private to "souffrez": z.
"souffler" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC · "souffrez" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souffler" and "souffrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "souffler" or "souffrez"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "souffler" and "souffrez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souffler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souffrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,828 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souffler" and "souffrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souffler vs soufflerie". 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 #274,828 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.