Which to use
“souk” and “sud” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,546
- “souk” frequency rank
- #439
- “sud” frequency rank
- 29985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souk | sud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Quartier commerçant d’une ville arabe, chaque rue étant spécialisée dans un type de produits. | Point cardinal opposé au nord ; direction du pôle de l’hémisphère austral et correspondant à l’azimut 180°. |
Where the eye mixes souk and sud
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: souk vs sud
A purely visual mix-up. souk (\suk\) and sud (\syd\) 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 29985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souk is recorded at frequency rank #29,546, classified as anoun, pronounced \suk\. sud is at rank #439, tagged as anoun, pronounced \syd\.
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 29985, this pair ranks #313,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souk vs sud
Shared letters: su. Private to "souk": ko. Private to "sud": d.
"souk" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "sud" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souk ← osuk · soku · soukk · ssouk · suok
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "souk" for "sud" ever safe?
Frequency check: "souk" vs "sud" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "souk" and "sud" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souk" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souk" and "sud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souk vs suu". 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 #313,211 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.