Which to use
“souverain” and “souveraines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,502
- “souverain” frequency rank
- #28,755
- “souveraines” frequency rank
- 34257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souverain | souveraines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est suprême ; excellent ; qui est au plus haut point en son genre. | Féminin pluriel de souverain. |
Where the eye mixes souverain and souveraines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. souverain runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVVC) against souveraines's 11 (CVVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: souverain vs souveraines
A purely visual mix-up. souverain (\su.vʁɛ̃\) and souveraines (\su.vʁɛn\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “souverain” sits inside “souveraines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souverain is recorded at frequency rank #5,502, classified as anadj, pronounced \su.vʁɛ̃\. souveraines is at rank #28,755, tagged as anadj, pronounced \su.vʁɛn\.
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 34257, this pair ranks #285,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souverain vs souveraines
Shared letters: aeinorsuv. Private to "souverain": -. Private to "souveraines": -.
"souverain" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVVC · "souveraines" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souverain ← osuverain · souevrain · souvearin · souverainn · souverani · souverian · souverrain · souvreain
- souveraines ← osuveraines · souevraines · souvearines · souveraiens · souverainess · souverainnes · souverainse · souveranies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "souverain" for "souveraines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "souverain" vs "souveraines" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "souverain" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souveraines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souverain" and "souveraines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "souterraines vs souveraines". 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 #285,081 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.