soupervssuerConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,135
“souper” frequency rank
#28,765
“suer” frequency rank
39900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature souper suer
Definition , , , Prendre le repas du soir. Transpirer, rendre de la sueur par les pores de la peau.

Where the eye mixes souper and suer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
souper
4 ch
suer

Look-alike desk: souper vs suer

A purely visual mix-up. souper (\su.pe\) and suer (\sɥe\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

souper is recorded at frequency rank #11,135, classified as averb, pronounced \su.pe\. suer is at rank #28,765, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥe\.

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 39900, this pair ranks #244,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of souper vs suer

Shared letters: ersu. Private to "souper": op. Private to "suer": -.

"souper" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "suer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • souperosuper · sopuer · souepr · souperr · soupper · soupre · ssouper · suoper
  • suerseur · ssuer · suerr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "souper" and "suer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\su.pe\ versus \sɥe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "souper" vs "suer" - which ranks higher?
"souper" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,135 in our French list, against #28,765 for "suer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "souper" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #244,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "souper" and "suer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suer vs suu". 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 #244,508 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