Which to use
“soulager” and “soulagés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,585
- “soulager” frequency rank
- #44,198
- “soulagés” frequency rank
- 54783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soulager | soulagés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Délivrer, débarrasser d’une partie de quelque fardeau. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de soulager. |
Same sound, different letters: soulager vs soulagés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. soulager and soulagés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - soulager / soulagés
This is the hard kind. soulager and soulagés are pronounced identically (\su.la.ʒe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soulager is recorded at frequency rank #10,585, classified as averb, pronounced \su.la.ʒe\. soulagés is at rank #44,198, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.la.ʒe\.
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 54783, this pair ranks #131,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soulager vs soulagés
Shared letters: aglosu. Private to "soulager": er. Private to "soulagés": é.
"soulager" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "soulagés" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soulager ← osulager · soluager · soualger · soulaegr · soulagerr · soulagger · soulagre · soulgaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soulager" for "soulagés" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "soulager" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soulagés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soulager" and "soulagés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soulagés vs soulignés". 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 #131,702 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.