Which to use
“sutra” and “suture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,379
- “sutra” frequency rank
- #21,179
- “suture” frequency rank
- 70558
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sutra | suture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante orthographique de soutra. | Jointure de deux parties du crâne qui entrent l’une dans l’autre par des dentelures et qui paraissent comme cousues ensemble. |
Where the eye mixes sutra and suture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sutra runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against suture's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sutra vs suture
A purely visual mix-up. sutra (\su.tʁa\) and suture (\sy.tyʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sutra is recorded at frequency rank #49,379, classified as anoun, pronounced \su.tʁa\. suture is at rank #21,179, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sy.tyʁ\.
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 70558, this pair ranks #50,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sutra vs suture
Shared letters: rstu. Private to "sutra": a. Private to "suture": e.
"sutra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "suture" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sutra" for "suture" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "sutra" or "suture" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sutra" and "suture" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sutra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sutra" and "suture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "strat vs sutra". 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 #50,861 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.