Which to use
“sembla” is a noun and “sembles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,155
- “sembla” frequency rank
- #17,004
- “sembles” frequency rank
- 53159
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sembla | sembles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Langue mandée parlée au Burkina Faso. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de sembler. |
Letter map: sembla vs sembles
Shared letters muted; letters that set sembla and sembles apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for sembla / sembles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sembla is anoun and semblesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sembla is recorded at frequency rank #36,155, classified as anoun. sembles is at rank #17,004, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɑ̃bl\.
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 53159, this pair ranks #142,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sembla vs sembles
Shared letters: belms. Private to "sembla": a. Private to "sembles": -.
"sembla" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "sembles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sembla" and "sembles" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "sembla" or "sembles" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "sembla" vs "sembles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sembla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sembles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #142,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sembla" and "sembles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sembla vs simba". 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 #142,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.