Which to use
“servant” and “servants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,137
- “servant” frequency rank
- #44,185
- “servants” frequency rank
- 50322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | servant | servants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui sert ; qui assure un service. | Masculin pluriel de servant. |
Same sound, different letters: servant vs servants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: servant vs servants
This is the hard kind. servant and servants are pronounced identically (\sɛʁ.vɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “servant” sits inside “servants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
servant is recorded at frequency rank #6,137, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛʁ.vɑ̃\. servants is at rank #44,185, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɛʁ.vɑ̃\.
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 50322, this pair ranks #163,554 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of servant vs servants
Shared letters: aenrstv. Private to "servant": -. Private to "servants": -.
"servant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "servants" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "servant" and "servants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "servant" or "servants"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "servant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "servants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,554 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "servant" and "servants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sergents vs servants". 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 #163,554 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.