Which to use
“souris” is a noun and “sourit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,965
- “souris” frequency rank
- #7,247
- “sourit” frequency rank
- 10212
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souris | sourit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit rongeur de la famille des muridés. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de sourire. |
Same sound, different letters: souris vs sourit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: souris vs sourit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: souris and sourit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \su.ʁi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “souris” becomes t in “sourit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souris is recorded at frequency rank #2,965, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.ʁi\. sourit is at rank #7,247, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.ʁi\.
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 10212, this pair ranks #413,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of souris vs sourit
Shared letters: iorsu. Private to "souris": -. Private to "sourit": t.
"souris" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "sourit" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souris" and "sourit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "souris" or "sourit" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "souris" / "sourit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "souris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sourit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,807 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souris" and "sourit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Soult vs sourit". 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 #413,807 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.