Which to use
“soutenons” and “souvenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,359
- “soutenons” frequency rank
- #36,163
- “souvenons” frequency rank
- 64522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soutenons | souvenons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de soutenir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de souvenir. |
Where the eye mixes soutenons and souvenons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. soutenons and souvenons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: soutenons vs souvenons
A purely visual mix-up. soutenons (\su.tə.nɔ̃\) and souvenons (\su.və.nɔ̃\) 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 a single letter - t in “soutenons” becomes v in “souvenons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soutenons is recorded at frequency rank #28,359, classified as averb, pronounced \su.tə.nɔ̃\. souvenons is at rank #36,163, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.və.nɔ̃\.
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 64522, this pair ranks #76,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soutenons vs souvenons
Shared letters: enosu. Private to "soutenons": t. Private to "souvenons": v.
"soutenons" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC · "souvenons" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soutenons" and "souvenons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "soutenons" vs "souvenons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "soutenons" and "souvenons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soutenons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souvenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soutenons" and "souvenons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souvenant vs souvenons". 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 #76,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.