Which to use
“soute” and “soutif” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,813
- “soute” frequency rank
- #36,162
- “soutif” frequency rank
- 61975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soute | soutif |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réduit ménagé dans les étages inférieurs d’un navire et qui sert de magasin pour les munitions de guerre, pour les provisions, etc. | Soutien-gorge. |
Where the eye mixes soute and soutif
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. soute runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against soutif's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between soute and soutif
A purely visual mix-up. soute (\sut\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soute is recorded at frequency rank #25,813, classified as anoun, pronounced \sut\. 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 61975, this pair ranks #89,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soute vs soutif
Shared letters: ostu. Private to "soute": e. Private to "soutif": fi.
"soute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "soutif" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soute" for "soutif" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soute" vs "soutif" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soute" 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 #89,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soute" and "soutif" 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 #89,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.