Which to use
“sèment” is a verb and “serment” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,175
- “sèment” frequency rank
- #6,239
- “serment” frequency rank
- 42414
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sèment | serment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de semer. | Affirmation ou promesse faite en attestant Dieu, un être ou un objet sacré. |
Where the eye mixes sèment and serment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sèment is \sɛm\ while serment is \sɛʁ.mɑ̃\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sèment is recorded at frequency rank #36,175, classified as averb, pronounced \sɛm\. serment is at rank #6,239, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
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 42414, this pair ranks #225,776 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sèment vs serment
Shared letters: emnst. Private to "sèment": è. Private to "serment": r.
"sèment" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "serment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- serment ← esrment · semrent · seremnt · sermennt · sermentt · sermetn · sermment · sermnet