Which to use
“soûler” and “soulever” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,547
- “soûler” frequency rank
- #8,311
- “soulever” frequency rank
- 47858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soûler | soulever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rassasier jusqu’à l’excès, gorger de vin, de viande. | Lever à une faible hauteur. |
Where the eye mixes soûler and soulever
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soûler runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against soulever's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between soûler and soulever
A purely visual mix-up. soûler (\su.le\) and soulever (\sul.ve\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soûler is recorded at frequency rank #39,547, classified as averb, pronounced \su.le\. soulever is at rank #8,311, tagged as averb, pronounced \sul.ve\.
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 47858, this pair ranks #183,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soûler vs soulever
Shared letters: elors. Private to "soûler": û. Private to "soulever": uv.
"soûler" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "soulever" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soulever ← osulever · soluever · souelver · souleevr · souleverr · soulevre · soulevver · soullever
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soûler" and "soulever" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "soûler" or "soulever" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "soûler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soulever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #183,593 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soûler" and "soulever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soûler vs souleva". 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 #183,593 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.