Which to use
“desservir” and “desservis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,592
- “desservir” frequency rank
- #36,793
- “desservis” frequency rank
- 58385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | desservir | desservis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Débarrasser une table des plats, assiettes, etc. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de desservir. |
Where the eye mixes desservir and desservis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. desservir and desservis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: desservir vs desservis
A purely visual mix-up. desservir (\de.sɛʁ.viʁ\) and desservis (\de.sɛʁ.vi\) 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 - r in “desservir” becomes s in “desservis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
desservir is recorded at frequency rank #21,592, classified as averb, pronounced \de.sɛʁ.viʁ\. desservis is at rank #36,793, 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 58385, this pair ranks #109,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of desservir vs desservis
Shared letters: deirsv. Private to "desservir": -. Private to "desservis": -.
"desservir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "desservis" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "desservir" and "desservis" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "desservir" or "desservis" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "desservir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desservis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "desservir" and "desservis" 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 #109,368 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.