Which to use
“soupe” and “source” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,893
- “soupe” frequency rank
- #662
- “source” frequency rank
- 5555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupe | source |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pain que l’on trempe dans le potage. | Point d’émergence naturelle d’eau, généralement souterraine, à la surface du sol. |
Where the eye mixes soupe and source
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses soupe with source
A purely visual mix-up. soupe (\sup\) and source (\suʁs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soupe is recorded at frequency rank #4,893, classified as anoun, pronounced \sup\. source is at rank #662, tagged as anoun, pronounced \suʁs\.
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 5555, this pair ranks #428,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soupe vs source
Shared letters: eosu. Private to "soupe": p. Private to "source": cr.
"soupe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "source" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soupe" for "source" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soupe" vs "source" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "soupe" and "source" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soupe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "source" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupe" and "source" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Soult vs soupe". 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 #428,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.