Which to use
“selon” is a preposition and “serons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #225
- “selon” frequency rank
- #6,240
- “serons” frequency rank
- 6465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | selon | serons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | D’après ; eu égard à ; conformément à ; d’une manière correspondant à ; en proportion ; en fonction de. | Première personne du pluriel du futur de être. |
Where the eye mixes selon and serons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: selon vs serons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: selon is \sə.lɔ̃\ while serons is \sə.ʁɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
selon is recorded at frequency rank #225, classified as aprep, pronounced \sə.lɔ̃\. serons is at rank #6,240, tagged as averb, pronounced \sə.ʁɔ̃\.
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 6465, this pair ranks #426,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of selon vs serons
Shared letters: enos. Private to "selon": l. Private to "serons": r.
"selon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "serons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "selon" for "serons" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "selon" or "serons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "selon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "serons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,146 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "selon" and "serons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "serons vs sirops". 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 #426,146 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.