Which to use
“desservie” and “desservir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,723
- “desservie” frequency rank
- #21,592
- “desservir” frequency rank
- 51315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desservie | desservir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de desservir. | Débarrasser une table des plats, assiettes, etc. |
Where the eye mixes desservie and desservir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. desservie (CVCCVCCVV) and desservir (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: desservie vs desservir
A purely visual mix-up. desservie (\de.sɛʁ.vi\) and desservir (\de.sɛʁ.viʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “desservie” becomes r in “desservir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51315, 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\. desservir is at rank #21,592, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.sɛʁ.viʁ\.
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 51315, this pair ranks #155,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of desservie vs desservir
Shared letters: deirsv. Private to "desservie": -. Private to "desservir": -.
"desservie" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "desservir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "desservie" for "desservir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "desservie" or "desservir"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "desservie" and "desservir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "desservie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desservir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desservie" and "desservir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desserrer vs desservir". 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 #155,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.