serrée

\se.ʁe\

/\se.ʁe\/ noun

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The verdict

“serrée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,564
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-serree · serrée · French

serrée · rank #14,564 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,564
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sen

Nearest frequency peer: sen (-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 « serrée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « serrée » 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).

serrée vs serve
67% similar
serrée vs soirée
67% similar
serrée vs serrer
67% similar

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

Key facts for serrée
PropertyValue
Headwordserrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,564
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « serrée »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sen » (#14,563), « serrés » (#14,565), « sauvée » (#14,562). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « serrée » est au #14,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around serrée (IPA \se.ʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,564 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Contraction.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for serrée, with forms such as "esrrée", "serree", and "serreé". 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, "serve", "soirée", "serrer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is serrée, spelled S-E-R-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contraction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je restais couché plusieurs jours de suite, m’enfonçant dans l’abrutissement des sommeils obscènes, réveillé, de temps en temps, par des cauchemars subits, par des serrées violentes au cœur qui me faisaient couler la sueur sur la peau.

Synonyms

serrement de cœur

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esrrée
  • serree
  • serreé
  • serée
  • serére
  • srerée
  • sserrée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of serrée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

esrrée2serree1serreé2serée1serére2srerée2sserrée1
Edit distance from "serrée"

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 "serrée"?
"serrée" is spelled S-E-R-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁe\.
What does "serrée" mean?
As a noun, "serrée" means: Contraction.
What words are commonly confused with "serrée"?
"serrée" is commonly confused with "serve", "soirée", "serrer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serrée" is \se.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serrée" come from?
"serrée" 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 "serrée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

serrés#14,565sauvée#14,562sourde#14,569réunie#14,557

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

serve7 variantsvegan7 variantsvoirie7 variantsquick7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list