Which to use
“soulève” and “soulever” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,621
- “soulève” frequency rank
- #8,311
- “soulever” frequency rank
- 16932
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soulève | soulever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de soulever. | Lever à une faible hauteur. |
Where the eye mixes soulève and soulever
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. soulève runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against soulever's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: soulève vs soulever
A purely visual mix-up. soulève (\su.lɛv\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soulève is recorded at frequency rank #8,621, classified as averb, pronounced \su.lɛv\. 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 16932, this pair ranks #385,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soulève vs soulever
Shared letters: elosuv. Private to "soulève": è. Private to "soulever": r.
"soulève" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "soulever" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soulever ← osulever · soluever · souelver · souleevr · souleverr · soulevre · soulevver · soullever
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soulève" for "soulever" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soulève" vs "soulever" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "soulève" and "soulever" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soulève" 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 #385,572 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soulève" and "soulever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souleva vs soulève". 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 #385,572 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.