Which to use
“serrés” is an adjective and “serrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,565
- “serrés” frequency rank
- #41,004
- “serrez” frequency rank
- 55569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | serrés | serrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de serré. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de serrer. |
Same sound, different letters: serrés vs serrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. serrés and serrez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - serrés / serrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: serrés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
serrés is recorded at frequency rank #14,565, 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 55569, this pair ranks #126,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of serrés vs serrez
Shared letters: ers. Private to "serrés": é. Private to "serrez": z.
"serrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "serrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- serrez ← esrrez · sererz · serrezz · serrze · srerez · sserrez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "serrés" for "serrez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "serrés" vs "serrez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "serrés" / "serrez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "serrés" 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 #126,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "serrés" 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 #126,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.