Which to use
“desservie” and “desservies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,723
- “desservie” frequency rank
- #36,350
- “desservies” frequency rank
- 66073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desservie | desservies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de desservir. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de desservir. |
Same sound, different letters: desservie vs desservies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. desservie runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against desservies's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - desservie / desservies
This is the hard kind. desservie 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 1 extra letter(s) - “desservie” sits inside “desservies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desservie is recorded at frequency rank #29,723, 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 66073, this pair ranks #69,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desservie vs desservies
Shared letters: deirsv. Private to "desservie": -. Private to "desservies": -.
"desservie" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "desservies" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desservie ← ddesservie · deservie · desesrvie · desserive · desserrvie · desservei · desservvie · dessevrie
- desservies ← ddesservies · deservies · desesrvies · desserives · desserrvies · desserveis · desserviess · desservise
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "desservie" and "desservies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "desservie" vs "desservies" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "desservie" / "desservies". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "desservie" 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 #69,456 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desservie" 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 #69,456 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.