Which to use
“sembler” and “semblez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,577
- “sembler” frequency rank
- #24,028
- “semblez” frequency rank
- 34605
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sembler | semblez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Paraître avoir une certaine qualité ou une certaine manière d’être ; avoir l’air, l’apparence. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sembler. |
Same sound, different letters: sembler vs semblez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. sembler and semblez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: sembler vs semblez
This is the hard kind. sembler and semblez are pronounced identically (\sɑ̃.ble\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “sembler” becomes z in “semblez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sembler is recorded at frequency rank #10,577, classified as averb, pronounced \sɑ̃.ble\. semblez is at rank #24,028, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɑ̃.ble\.
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 34605, this pair ranks #282,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sembler vs semblez
Shared letters: belms. Private to "sembler": r. Private to "semblez": z.
"sembler" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "semblez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sembler" and "semblez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "sembler" or "semblez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "sembler" / "semblez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "sembler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "semblez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sembler" and "semblez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "semblera vs semblez". 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 #282,658 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.