Which to use
“serrées” is a noun and “serrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,692
- “serrées” frequency rank
- #41,004
- “serrez” frequency rank
- 64696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | serrées | serrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de serrée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de serrer. |
Same sound, different letters: serrées vs serrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. serrées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against serrez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - serrées / serrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: serrées and serrez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \se.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, 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 64696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
serrées is recorded at frequency rank #23,692, classified as anoun, 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 64696, this pair ranks #75,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of serrées vs serrez
Shared letters: ers. Private to "serrées": é. Private to "serrez": z.
"serrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "serrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- serrez ← esrrez · sererz · serrezz · serrze · srerez · sserrez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "serrées" for "serrez" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
"serrées" and "serrez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "serrées" 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 #75,798 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "serrées" 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 #75,798 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.