Which to use
“semée” and “semés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,039
- “semée” frequency rank
- #45,869
- “semés” frequency rank
- 92908
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | semée | semés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de semé. | Masculin pluriel de semé. |
Same sound, different letters: semée vs semés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. semée (CVCVV) and semés (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: semée vs semés
This is the hard kind. semée and semés are pronounced identically (\sə.me\) and both work as anadjective. 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 - e in “semée” becomes s in “semés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
semée is recorded at frequency rank #47,039, classified as anadj, pronounced \sə.me\. semés is at rank #45,869, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sə.me\.
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 92908, this pair ranks #2,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of semée vs semés
Shared letters: emsé. Private to "semée": -. Private to "semés": -.
"semée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "semés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "semée" and "semés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "semée" vs "semés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "semée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "semés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,663 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "semée" and "semés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "semés vs sémites". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #2,663 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.