Which to use
“source” and “soute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #662
- “source” frequency rank
- #25,813
- “soute” frequency rank
- 26475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | source | soute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Point d’émergence naturelle d’eau, généralement souterraine, à la surface du sol. | 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 source and soute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between source and soute
A purely visual mix-up. source (\suʁs\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
source is recorded at frequency rank #662, classified as anoun, pronounced \suʁs\. 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 26475, this pair ranks #334,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of source vs soute
Shared letters: eosu. Private to "source": cr. Private to "soute": t.
"source" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "soute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "source" and "soute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "source" vs "soute" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "source" and "soute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "source" 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 #334,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "source" 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 #334,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.