Which to use
“souris” and “soutif” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,965
- “souris” frequency rank
- #36,162
- “soutif” frequency rank
- 39127
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souris | soutif |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit rongeur de la famille des muridés. | Soutien-gorge. |
Where the eye mixes souris and soutif
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. souris and soutif follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: souris vs soutif
A purely visual mix-up. souris (\su.ʁi\) and soutif (\su.tif\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39127, 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\. soutif is at rank #36,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced \su.tif\.
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 39127, this pair ranks #250,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souris vs soutif
Shared letters: iosu. Private to "souris": r. Private to "soutif": ft.
"souris" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "soutif" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "souris" and "soutif" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "souris" or "soutif"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "souris" and "soutif" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souris" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soutif" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,308 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souris" and "soutif" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soute vs soutif". 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 #250,308 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.