soumetvssoumetsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,009
“soumet” frequency rank
#38,541
“soumets” frequency rank
55550
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soumet soumets
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de soumettre. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de soumettre.

Same sound, different letters: soumet vs soumets

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. soumet runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against soumets's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
soumet
7 ch
soumets

Homophone desk: soumet vs soumets

This is the hard kind. soumet and soumets are pronounced identically (\su.mɛ\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “soumet” sits inside “soumets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soumet is recorded at frequency rank #17,009, classified as averb, pronounced \su.mɛ\. soumets is at rank #38,541, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.mɛ\.

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 55550, this pair ranks #126,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soumet vs soumets

Shared letters: emostu. Private to "soumet": -. Private to "soumets": -.

"soumet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "soumets" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soumetosumet · somuet · souemt · soumett · soummet · soumte · ssoumet · suomet
  • soumetsosumets · somuets · souemts · soumest · soumetss · soumetts · soummets · soumtes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "soumet" and "soumets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\su.mɛ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "soumet" vs "soumets" - which ranks higher?
"soumet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,009 in our French list, against #38,541 for "soumets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "soumet" / "soumets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soumet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soumets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #126,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soumet" and "soumets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soudées vs soumets". 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 #126,783 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