Which to use
“serré” is an adjective and “serrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,555
- “serré” frequency rank
- #41,004
- “serrez” frequency rank
- 47559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | serré | serrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Très ajusté, étreint, pressé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de serrer. |
Same sound, different letters: serré vs serrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - serré and serrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: serré and serrez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \se.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
serré is recorded at frequency rank #6,555, classified as anadj, pronounced \se.ʁe\. serrez is at rank #41,004, tagged as averb, pronounced \se.ʁe\.
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 47559, this pair ranks #185,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of serré vs serrez
Shared letters: ers. Private to "serré": é. Private to "serrez": z.
"serré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "serrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- serrez ← esrrez · sererz · serrezz · serrze · srerez · sserrez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "serré" and "serrez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "serré" or "serrez"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "serré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "serrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "serré" and "serrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "serrez vs Suárez". 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 #185,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.