Which to use
“souveraine” is a noun and “souveraines” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,509
- “souveraine” frequency rank
- #28,755
- “souveraines” frequency rank
- 44264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souveraine | souveraines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme qui possède, en qui réside l’autorité souveraine. | Féminin pluriel de souverain. |
Same sound, different letters: souveraine vs souveraines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. souveraine runs 10 letters (CVVCVCVVCV) against souveraines's 11 (CVVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: souveraine vs souveraines
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: souveraine and souveraines carry the same recorded pronunciation, \su.vʁɛn\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “souveraine” sits inside “souveraines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souveraine is recorded at frequency rank #15,509, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.vʁɛn\. 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 44264, this pair ranks #211,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souveraine vs souveraines
Shared letters: aeinorsuv. Private to "souveraine": -. Private to "souveraines": -.
"souveraine" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCV · "souveraines" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- souveraine ← osuveraine · souevraine · souvearine · souveraien · souverainne · souveranie · souveriane · souverraine
- souveraines ← osuveraines · souevraines · souvearines · souveraiens · souverainess · souverainnes · souverainse · souveranies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "souveraine" for "souveraines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "souveraine" vs "souveraines" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "souveraine" 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 #211,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souveraine" 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 #211,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.