soulèvementvssoulèvementsConfusable pair

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“soulèvement” and “soulèvements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,480
“soulèvement” frequency rank
#35,735
“soulèvements” frequency rank
49215
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soulèvement soulèvements
Definition Action de soulever ; mouvement de ce qui est soulevé. Pluriel de soulèvement.

Same sound, different letters: soulèvement vs soulèvements

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. soulèvement runs 11 letters (CVVCVCVCVCC) against soulèvements's 12 (CVVCVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
soulèvement
12 ch
soulèvements

Homophone desk: soulèvement vs soulèvements

This is the hard kind. soulèvement and soulèvements are pronounced identically (\su.lɛv.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “soulèvement” sits inside “soulèvements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soulèvement is recorded at frequency rank #13,480, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.lɛv.mɑ̃\. soulèvements is at rank #35,735, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.lɛv.mɑ̃\.

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 49215, this pair ranks #172,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soulèvement vs soulèvements

Shared letters: elmnostuvè. Private to "soulèvement": -. Private to "soulèvements": -.

"soulèvement" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCC  ·  "soulèvements" · 12 letters · shape CVVCVCVCVCCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "soulèvement" for "soulèvements" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\su.lɛv.mɑ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "soulèvement" or "soulèvements" show up more?
"soulèvement" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,480 in our French list, against #35,735 for "soulèvements". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soulèvement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soulèvements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #172,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soulèvement" and "soulèvements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soulèvement vs soutènement". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #172,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list