Which to use
“desservi” and “desservies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,325
- “desservi” frequency rank
- #36,350
- “desservies” frequency rank
- 62675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desservi | desservies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de desservir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de desservir. |
Same sound, different letters: desservi vs desservies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. desservi runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against desservies's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: desservi vs desservies
This is the hard kind. desservi and desservies are pronounced identically (\de.sɛʁ.vi\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “desservi” sits inside “desservies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desservi is recorded at frequency rank #26,325, classified as averb, pronounced \de.sɛʁ.vi\. desservies is at rank #36,350, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.sɛʁ.vi\.
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 62675, this pair ranks #85,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desservi vs desservies
Shared letters: deirsv. Private to "desservi": -. Private to "desservies": -.
"desservi" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "desservies" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desservi ← ddesservi · deservi · desesrvi · desseriv · desserrvi · desservvi · dessevri · dessrevi
- desservies ← ddesservies · deservies · desesrvies · desserives · desserrvies · desserveis · desserviess · desservise
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desservi" for "desservies" ever safe?
Which is more common, "desservi" or "desservies"?
Useful next steps
"desservi" and "desservies" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "desservi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desservies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,914 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desservi" and "desservies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desservies vs desservis". 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 #85,914 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.