verrasvsverreConfusable pair

Quick tell: verras is a verb, verre is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“verras” is a verb and “verre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,620
“verras” frequency rank
#1,500
“verre” frequency rank
7120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verras verre
Definition Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de voir. Matière solide, amorphe, transparente, dure et fragile, élaborée à l’aide de sable siliceux, mêlée de calcaire, de soude ou de potasse, avec laquelle on fabrique des produits plats, comme les vitrages, des produits creux, comme la gobeleterie, les bouteilles, etc., et des fibres à l’usage de la construction.

Where the eye mixes verras and verre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
verras
5 ch
verre

Why the eye confuses verras with verre

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verras is \vɛ.ʁa\ while verre is \vɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verras is recorded at frequency rank #5,620, classified as averb, pronounced \vɛ.ʁa\. verre is at rank #1,500, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁ\.

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 7120, this pair ranks #424,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verras vs verre

Shared letters: erv. Private to "verras": as. Private to "verre": -.

"verras" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "verre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verrasevrras · verars · veras · verrass · verrsa · vreras · vverras
  • verreevrre · vere · verer · vrere · vverre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "verras" and "verre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verras" is a verb and "verre" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "verras" or "verre"?
"verre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,500 in our French list, against #5,620 for "verras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #424,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verras" and "verre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verras vs verrues". 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 #424,177 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list