Which to use
“soutiennent” and “souviennent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,346
- “soutiennent” frequency rank
- #18,327
- “souviennent” frequency rank
- 24673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soutiennent | souviennent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de soutenir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de souvenir. |
Where the eye mixes soutiennent and souviennent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. soutiennent and souviennent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between soutiennent and souviennent
A purely visual mix-up. soutiennent (\su.tjɛn\) and souviennent (\su.vjɛn\) 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 “soutiennent” becomes v in “souviennent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soutiennent is recorded at frequency rank #6,346, classified as averb, pronounced \su.tjɛn\. souviennent is at rank #18,327, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.vjɛn\.
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 24673, this pair ranks #345,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soutiennent vs souviennent
Shared letters: einostu. Private to "soutiennent": -. Private to "souviennent": v.
"soutiennent" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVVCCVCC · "souviennent" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soutiennent ← osutiennent · sotuiennent · souitennent · souteinnent · soutienennt · soutienent · soutiennennt · soutiennentt
- souviennent ← osuviennent · souivennent · souveinnent · souvienennt · souvienent · souviennennt · souviennentt · souviennetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soutiennent" and "souviennent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "soutiennent" vs "souviennent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "soutiennent" and "souviennent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "soutiennent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souviennent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soutiennent" and "souviennent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souvienne vs souviennent". 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 #345,261 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.