Which to use
“serrer” and “serrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,498
- “serrer” frequency rank
- #41,004
- “serrez” frequency rank
- 48502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | serrer | serrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Renfermer, ranger, mettre en lieu sûr, à l’abri. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de serrer. |
Same sound, different letters: serrer vs serrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: serrer vs serrez
This is the hard kind. serrer and serrez are pronounced identically (\se.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “serrer” becomes z in “serrez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
serrer is recorded at frequency rank #7,498, classified as averb, 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 48502, this pair ranks #178,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of serrer vs serrez
Shared letters: ers. Private to "serrer": -. Private to "serrez": z.
"serrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "serrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "serrer" for "serrez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "serrer" or "serrez"?
What to do next
"serrer" and "serrez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "serrer" 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 #178,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "serrer" 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 #178,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.