Which to use
“sourit” is a verb and “soutif” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,247
- “sourit” frequency rank
- #36,162
- “soutif” frequency rank
- 43409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sourit | soutif |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de sourire. | Soutien-gorge. |
Where the eye mixes sourit and soutif
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sourit and soutif follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between sourit and soutif
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sourit is \su.ʁi\ while soutif is \su.tif\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sourit is recorded at frequency rank #7,247, classified as averb, 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 43409, this pair ranks #218,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sourit vs soutif
Shared letters: iostu. Private to "sourit": r. Private to "soutif": f.
"sourit" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "soutif" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sourit" and "soutif" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sourit" or "soutif" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sourit" and "soutif" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sourit" 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 #218,282 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sourit" 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 #218,282 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.