Which to use
“soulagé” and “soulève” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,485
- “soulagé” frequency rank
- #8,621
- “soulève” frequency rank
- 25106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soulagé | soulève |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de soulager. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de soulever. |
Where the eye mixes soulagé and soulève
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. soulagé and soulève follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses soulagé with soulève
A purely visual mix-up. soulagé (\su.la.ʒe\) and soulève (\su.lɛv\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soulagé is recorded at frequency rank #16,485, classified as averb, pronounced \su.la.ʒe\. soulève is at rank #8,621, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.lɛv\.
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 25106, this pair ranks #342,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soulagé vs soulève
Shared letters: losu. Private to "soulagé": agé. Private to "soulève": evè.
"soulagé" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "soulève" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soulagé" and "soulève" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "soulagé" or "soulève"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soulagé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soulève" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soulagé" and "soulève" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soulagé vs soutane". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,776 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.