Which to use
“service” and “services” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #322
- “service” frequency rank
- #485
- “services” frequency rank
- 807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | service | services |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de servir une personne ou une collectivité. | Pluriel de service. |
Same sound, different letters: service vs services
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: service vs services
This is the hard kind. service and services are pronounced identically (\sɛʁ.vis\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “service” sits inside “services”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
service is recorded at frequency rank #322, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛʁ.vis\. services is at rank #485, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛʁ.vis\.
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 807, this pair ranks #439,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of service vs services
Shared letters: ceirsv. Private to "service": -. Private to "services": -.
"service" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "services" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "service" and "services" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "service" or "services" show up more?
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 "service" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "services" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #439,087 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "service" and "services" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "servage vs service". 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 #439,087 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.