Which to use
“sourate” and “soute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,358
- “sourate” frequency rank
- #25,813
- “soute” frequency rank
- 54171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sourate | soute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chapitre du Coran. | Réduit ménagé dans les étages inférieurs d’un navire et qui sert de magasin pour les munitions de guerre, pour les provisions, etc. |
Where the eye mixes sourate and soute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sourate runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against soute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sourate and soute
A purely visual mix-up. sourate (\su.ʁat\) and soute (\sut\) 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 54171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sourate is recorded at frequency rank #28,358, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.ʁat\. soute is at rank #25,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sut\.
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 54171, this pair ranks #135,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sourate vs soute
Shared letters: eostu. Private to "sourate": ar. Private to "soute": -.
"sourate" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "soute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sourate" for "soute" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sourate" or "soute"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sourate" and "soute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sourate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sourate" and "soute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Soult vs soute". 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 #135,771 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.