serré

\se.ʁe\

/\se.ʁe\/ adj

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The verdict

“serré” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,555
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très ajusté, étreint, pressé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-serre · serré · French

serré · rank #6,555 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,555
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH serpent

Nearest frequency peer: serpent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « serré »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « serré » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

serré vs sert
60% similar
serré vs sexe
40% similar
serré vs sure
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for serré
PropertyValue
Headwordserré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\se.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,555
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « serré »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.serrése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « serpent » (#6,554), « serveurs » (#6,556), « saviez » (#6,553). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « serré » est au #6,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around serré (IPA \se.ʁe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,555 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for serré, with forms such as "esrré", "serre", and "seré". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sert", "sexe", "sure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is serré, spelled S-E-R-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très ajusté, étreint, pressé.
  2. 2
    Très rapproché, étroit.
  3. 3
    Qualifie un cheval étroit du devant ou du derrière.
  4. 4
    Rigoureux.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un jeu où l’on s’applique à ne pas faire de faute.
  6. 6
    Avare, en manque d’argent, parcimonieux, qui ne dépense qu’à regret.
  7. 7
    Qualifie une voile repliée, et attachée fortement contre la vergue.
  8. 8
    Qualifie une allure de près, la plus proche possible du lit du vent.
  9. 9
    Fermé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how serré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un nœud bien serré.
  2. Un homme serré dans ses souliers.

This word in other languages

cramped(English)eng(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrré
  • serre
  • seré
  • serér
  • sreré
  • sserré

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of serré - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esrré2serre1seré1serér2sreré2sserré1
Edit distance from "serré"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serré"?
"serré" is spelled S-E-R-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁe\.
What does "serré" mean?
As an adjective, "serré" means: Très ajusté, étreint, pressé.
What words are commonly confused with "serré"?
"serré" is commonly confused with "sert", "sexe", "sure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serré" is \se.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serré" come from?
"serré" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "serré", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stand#6,560trans#6,565poing#6,541oeufs#6,534

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

nuls6 variantsnick6 variantsmedia6 variantsallés6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list