Which to use
“soumise” is a noun and “soumises” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,442
- “soumise” frequency rank
- #9,241
- “soumises” frequency rank
- 15683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soumise | soumises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme soumise. | Féminin pluriel de soumis. |
Same sound, different letters: soumise vs soumises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. soumise runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against soumises's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: soumise vs soumises
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: soumise and soumises carry the same recorded pronunciation, \su.miz\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “soumise” sits inside “soumises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soumise is recorded at frequency rank #6,442, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.miz\. soumises is at rank #9,241, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.miz\.
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 15683, this pair ranks #391,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soumise vs soumises
Shared letters: eimosu. Private to "soumise": -. Private to "soumises": -.
"soumise" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "soumises" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soumise" for "soumises" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "soumise" / "soumises". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "soumise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soumises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #391,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soumise" and "soumises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sottise vs soumise". 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 #391,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.