Which to use
“sèment” is a verb and “serments” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,175
- “sèment” frequency rank
- #39,531
- “serments” frequency rank
- 75706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sèment | serments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de semer. | Pluriel de serment. |
Where the eye mixes sèment and serments
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sèment runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against serments's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sèment vs serments
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sèment is \sɛm\ while serments is \sɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 75706, 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\. serments is at rank #39,531, 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 75706, this pair ranks #33,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sèment vs serments
Shared letters: emnst. Private to "sèment": è. Private to "serments": r.
"sèment" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "serments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- serments ← esrments · semrents · seremnts · sermennts · sermenst · sermentss · sermentts · sermetns
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sèment" for "serments" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sèment" vs "serments" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sèment" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "serments" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sèment" and "serments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sèment vs sucent". 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 #33,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.