Which to use
“sent” is a verb and “ser” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,575
- “sent” frequency rank
- #15,252
- “ser” frequency rank
- 16827
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sent | ser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de sentir. | Que. |
Letter map: sent vs ser
Shared letters muted; letters that set sent and ser apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - sent and ser
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sent is averb and serapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16827, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sent is recorded at frequency rank #1,575, classified as averb, pronounced \sɑ̃\. ser is at rank #15,252, tagged as apron.
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 16827, this pair ranks #386,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sent vs ser
Shared letters: es. Private to "sent": nt. Private to "ser": r.
"sent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ser" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sent ← esnt · sennt · sentt · setn · snet · ssent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sent" and "ser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sent" vs "ser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sent" and "ser".
- Full dictionary entry for "sent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,072 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sent" and "ser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ser vs suu". 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 #386,072 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.