Which to use
“soupape” and “sourate” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,602
- “soupape” frequency rank
- #28,358
- “sourate” frequency rank
- 60960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupape | sourate |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit levier ou languette à ressort obturant la circulation de fluide dans une pompe ou un tuyau en deçà d’une pression donnée. | Chapitre du Coran. |
Where the eye mixes soupape and sourate
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. soupape and sourate follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between soupape and sourate
A purely visual mix-up. soupape (\su.pap\) and sourate (\su.ʁat\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soupape is recorded at frequency rank #32,602, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.pap\. sourate is at rank #28,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.ʁat\.
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 60960, this pair ranks #94,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soupape vs sourate
Shared letters: aeosu. Private to "soupape": p. Private to "sourate": rt.
"soupape" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "sourate" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soupape" and "sourate" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "soupape" or "sourate" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "soupape" and "sourate" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soupape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sourate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupape" and "sourate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soupape vs soutane". 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 #94,838 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.