serezvsserviWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“serez” and “servi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,640
“serez” frequency rank
#2,494
“servi” frequency rank
6134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature serez servi
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de être. Participe passé masculin singulier de servir.

Where the eye mixes serez and servi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
serez
5 ch
servi

Look-alike desk: serez vs servi

A purely visual mix-up. serez (\sə.ʁe\) and servi (\sɛʁ.vi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

serez is recorded at frequency rank #3,640, classified as averb, pronounced \sə.ʁe\. servi is at rank #2,494, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɛʁ.vi\.

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 6134, this pair ranks #427,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of serez vs servi

Shared letters: ers. Private to "serez": z. Private to "servi": iv.

"serez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "servi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • serezesrez · seerz · serezz · serze · sreez · sserez
  • serviesrvi · seriv · serrvi · servvi · sevri · srevi · sservi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "serez" and "servi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sə.ʁe\ versus \sɛʁ.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "serez" or "servi"?
"servi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,494 in our French list, against #3,640 for "serez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "serez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "servi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #427,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "serez" and "servi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "serez vs sires". 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 #427,087 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list