Which to use
“soupes” and “stups” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,156
- “soupes” frequency rank
- #41,021
- “stups” frequency rank
- 70177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soupes | stups |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de soupe. | Pluriel de stup. |
Where the eye mixes soupes and stups
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. soupes runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against stups's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: soupes vs stups
A purely visual mix-up. soupes (\sup\) and stups (\styp\) 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 70177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soupes is recorded at frequency rank #29,156, classified as anoun, pronounced \sup\. stups is at rank #41,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced \styp\.
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 70177, this pair ranks #52,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soupes vs stups
Shared letters: psu. Private to "soupes": eo. Private to "stups": t.
"soupes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "stups" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soupes" and "stups" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "soupes" or "stups" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "soupes" and "stups" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soupes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stups" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soupes" and "stups" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "studi vs stups". 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 #52,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.