Which to use
“sévi” is a verb and “siri” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,643
- “sévi” frequency rank
- #27,971
- “siri” frequency rank
- 70614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sévi | siri |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de sévir. | Langue afro-asiatique parlé dans l’état de Bauchi au Nigéria. |
Letter map: sévi vs siri
Shared letters muted; letters that set sévi and siri apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sévi and siri follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - sévi and siri
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sévi is averb and sirianoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sévi is recorded at frequency rank #42,643, classified as averb, pronounced \se.vi\. siri is at rank #27,971, tagged as anoun.
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 70614, this pair ranks #50,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sévi vs siri
Shared letters: is. Private to "sévi": vé. Private to "siri": r.
"sévi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "siri" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- siri ← isri · siir · sirri · srii · ssiri
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sévi" and "siri" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sévi" or "siri" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sévi" and "siri".
- Full dictionary entry for "sévi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "siri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sévi" and "siri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sepp vs sévi". 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 #50,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.