Which to use
“soutient” and “souviens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,171
- “soutient” frequency rank
- #2,251
- “souviens” frequency rank
- 5422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soutient | souviens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de soutenir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de souvenir. |
Where the eye mixes soutient and souviens
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. soutient and souviens follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between soutient and souviens
A purely visual mix-up. soutient (\su.tjɛ̃\) and souviens (\su.vjɛ̃\) 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 5422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soutient is recorded at frequency rank #3,171, classified as averb, pronounced \su.tjɛ̃\. souviens is at rank #2,251, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.vjɛ̃\.
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 5422, this pair ranks #429,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of soutient vs souviens
Shared letters: einosu. Private to "soutient": t. Private to "souviens": v.
"soutient" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC · "souviens" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "soutient" and "souviens" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "soutient" or "souviens" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "soutient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souviens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soutient" and "souviens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sortirent vs soutient". 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 #429,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.