Which to use
“segment” and “serment” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,160
- “segment” frequency rank
- #6,239
- “serment” frequency rank
- 14399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | segment | serment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie de la ligne droite située entre deux points. | Affirmation ou promesse faite en attestant Dieu, un être ou un objet sacré. |
Where the eye mixes segment and serment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: segment vs serment
A purely visual mix-up. segment (\sɛɡ.mɑ̃\) and serment (\sɛʁ.mɑ̃\) 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 - g in “segment” becomes r in “serment”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
segment is recorded at frequency rank #8,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛɡ.mɑ̃\. serment is at rank #6,239, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
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 14399, this pair ranks #396,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of segment vs serment
Shared letters: emnst. Private to "segment": g. Private to "serment": r.
"segment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "serment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "segment" for "serment" ever safe?
Frequency check: "segment" vs "serment" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "segment" and "serment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "segment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "serment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "segment" and "serment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sèchent vs segment". 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 #396,855 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.