Which to use
“serment” and “serments” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,239
- “serment” frequency rank
- #39,531
- “serments” frequency rank
- 45770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | serment | serments |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Affirmation ou promesse faite en attestant Dieu, un être ou un objet sacré. | Pluriel de serment. |
Same sound, different letters: serment vs serments
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: serment vs serments
This is the hard kind. serment and serments are pronounced identically (\sɛʁ.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “serment” sits inside “serments”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
serment is recorded at frequency rank #6,239, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛʁ.mɑ̃\. 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 45770, this pair ranks #200,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of serment vs serments
Shared letters: emnrst. Private to "serment": -. Private to "serments": -.
"serment" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "serments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "serment" and "serments" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "serment" or "serments"?
What to do next
"serment" and "serments" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "serment" 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 #200,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "serment" and "serments" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "serments vs serpente". 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 #200,169 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.