Which to use
“Selim” is a name and “sévi” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,200
- “Selim” frequency rank
- #42,643
- “sévi” frequency rank
- 90843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Selim | sévi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prénom masculin. | Participe passé masculin singulier de sévir. |
Letter map: Selim vs sévi
Shared letters muted; letters that set Selim and sévi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Selim runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against sévi's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Selim / sévi
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Selim is aname and séviaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Selim is recorded at frequency rank #48,200, classified as aname. sévi is at rank #42,643, tagged as averb, pronounced \se.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 90843, this pair ranks #4,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Selim vs sévi
Shared letters: is. Private to "Selim": elm. Private to "sévi": vé.
"Selim" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sévi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Selim ← eslim · seilm · selimm · sellim · selmi · sleim · sselim
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Selim" and "sévi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Selim" or "sévi"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Selim" and "sévi". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Selim" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sévi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Selim" and "sévi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Selim vs seum". 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 #4,417 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.