Which to use
“souffrance” and “souffrances” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,965
- “souffrance” frequency rank
- #8,462
- “souffrances” frequency rank
- 12427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souffrance | souffrances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Douleur physique ou morale, état de celui, de celle qui souffre. | Pluriel de souffrance. |
Same sound, different letters: souffrance vs souffrances
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. souffrance runs 10 letters (CVVCCCVCCV) against souffrances's 11 (CVVCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - souffrance and souffrances
This is the hard kind. souffrance and souffrances are pronounced identically (\su.fʁɑ̃s\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “souffrance” sits inside “souffrances”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souffrance is recorded at frequency rank #3,965, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.fʁɑ̃s\. souffrances is at rank #8,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.fʁɑ̃s\.
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 12427, this pair ranks #405,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souffrance vs souffrances
Shared letters: acefnorsu. Private to "souffrance": -. Private to "souffrances": -.
"souffrance" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCCVCCV · "souffrances" · 11 letters · shape CVVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souffrance ← osuffrance · sofufrance · souffarnce · souffracne · souffrancce · souffranec · souffrannce · souffrnace
- souffrances ← osuffrances · sofufrances · souffarnces · souffracnes · souffrancces · souffrancess · souffrancse · souffranecs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "souffrance" and "souffrances" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "souffrance" vs "souffrances" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "souffrance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souffrances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souffrance" and "souffrances" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souffrances vs souffrante". 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 #405,315 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.