Which to use
“serve” and “sexe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,566
- “serve” frequency rank
- #1,496
- “sexe” frequency rank
- 16062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | serve | sexe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme attachée au domaine qu’elle cultive moyennant redevance au seigneur qui en est le propriétaire. | Attribut utilisé pour classer un individu dans les espèces biologiques employant un mode de reproduction sexué. |
Where the eye mixes serve and sexe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: serve vs sexe
A purely visual mix-up. serve (\sɛʁv\) and sexe (\sɛks\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
serve is recorded at frequency rank #14,566, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛʁv\. sexe is at rank #1,496, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛks\.
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 16062, this pair ranks #389,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of serve vs sexe
Shared letters: es. Private to "serve": rv. Private to "sexe": x.
"serve" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "sexe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "serve" and "sexe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "serve" or "sexe"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "serve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sexe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "serve" and "sexe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "semée vs serve". 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 #389,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.