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serrer/serrez/serré/serrée/serrées/serrés

"serrer" (#7,498 written frequency) beats "serrez" (#41,004) in this 6-word /\se.ʁe\/ cluster. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Frequency splits the cluster

These 6 spellings keep the same /\se.ʁe\/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "serrer" leads at #7,498, with "serrez" trailing at #41,004.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Single-letter fork: "serrer" keeps r, "serrez" writes z at letter 6.
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrer" (6 letters) vs "serré" (5).
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrer" (6 letters) vs "serrée" (6).
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrer" (6 letters) vs "serrées" (7).
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrer" (6 letters) vs "serrés" (6).
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrez" (6 letters) vs "serré" (5).
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrez" (6 letters) vs "serrée" (6).
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrez" (6 letters) vs "serrées" (7).
Shared stem "serr" then splits - "serrez" (6 letters) vs "serrés" (6).
Shared stem "serré" then splits - "serré" (5 letters) vs "serrée" (6).
Shared stem "serré" then splits - "serré" (5 letters) vs "serrées" (7).
Shared stem "serré" then splits - "serré" (5 letters) vs "serrés" (6).
Shared stem "serrée" then splits - "serrée" (6 letters) vs "serrées" (7).
Single-letter fork: "serrée" keeps e, "serrés" writes s at letter 6.
Shared stem "serré" then splits - "serrées" (7 letters) vs "serrés" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across serrer, serrez, serré, serrée, serrées, serrés: ers. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

serrer
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory ers · no private letters vs siblings
serrez
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory ersz · private z
serré
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory ersé · private é
serrée
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV
Inventory ersé · private é
serrées
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC
Inventory ersé · private é
serrés
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory ersé · private é

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "serrer" when you mean: Renfermer, ranger, mettre en lieu sûr, à l’abri.
Write "serrez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de serrer.
Write "serré" when you mean: Très ajusté, étreint, pressé.
Write "serrée" when you mean: Contraction.
Write "serrées" when you mean: Pluriel de serrée.
Write "serrés" when you mean: Masculin pluriel de serré.