Which to use
“soumets” is a verb and “soumis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,541
- “soumets” frequency rank
- #2,645
- “soumis” frequency rank
- 41186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soumets | soumis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de soumettre. | Qui est disposé à l’obéissance ou qui en a pris le parti après avoir résisté. |
Where the eye mixes soumets and soumis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soumets runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against soumis's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses soumets with soumis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: soumets is \su.mɛ\ while soumis is \su.mi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soumets is recorded at frequency rank #38,541, classified as averb, pronounced \su.mɛ\. soumis is at rank #2,645, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.mi\.
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 41186, this pair ranks #234,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soumets vs soumis
Shared letters: mosu. Private to "soumets": et. Private to "soumis": i.
"soumets" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "soumis" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soumets" for "soumis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "soumets" or "soumis" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "soumets" and "soumis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soumets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soumis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soumets" and "soumis" 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 #234,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.