serrer

/\se.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,498

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

serrer is aFrenchverb. It means: Renfermer, ranger, mettre en lieu sûr, à l’abri. Pronounced \se.ʁe\. It ranks #7,498 in French word frequency. Often confused with serve and servir.

Key facts for serrer
PropertyValue
Headwordserrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,498
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of serrer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for serrer is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,498 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for serrer, with forms such as "esrrer", "serer", and "sererr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "serve", "servir", "surfer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is serrer, spelled S-E-R-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Renfermer, ranger, mettre en lieu sûr, à l’abri.
  2. 2
    Étreindre ; presser.
  3. 3
    Mettre près l’un de l’autre, rapprocher étroitement.
  4. 4
    Oppresser.
  5. 5
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
  6. 6
    Replier et ranger une voile sur sa vergue.
  7. 7
    Ranger.
  8. 8
    Perdre son sang froid, son calme, faire n’importe quoi (référence au moteur qui serre lorsqu’il n’y a plus d’huile, serrer désigne la personne qui ne se maîtrise plus, par sa conduite ou ses paroles).
  9. 9
    Séduire, réussir à sortir avec quelqu’un, à flirter, etc.
  10. 10
    Attraper ; interpeller.
  11. 11
    Diminuer l’angle de champ d’une prise de vue ou d’un plan.
  12. 12
    Économiser, épargner, se restreindre.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esrrer,serer,sererr,serrerr,serrre,srerer,sserrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for serrer

Misspelling Variants of "serrer"

esrrer6serer5sererr6serrerr7serrre6srerer6sserrer7
Misspelling Variants of "serrer"

Frequency rank: #7,498 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "serrer"?
"serrer" is spelled S-E-R-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʁe\.
What does "serrer" mean?
As a verb, "serrer" means: Renfermer, ranger, mettre en lieu sûr, à l’abri.
What words are commonly confused with "serrer"?
"serrer" is commonly confused with "serve", "servir", "surfer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "serrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "serrer" is \se.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "serrer" come from?
"serrer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.