Which to use
“verre” and “vers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,500
- “verre” frequency rank
- #185
- “vers” frequency rank
- 1685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verre | vers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Suite de mots rythmés selon la quantité, l’accentuation, le nombre des syllabes ou le retour de la rime. |
Same sound, different letters: verre vs vers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Homophone desk: verre vs vers
This is the hard kind. verre and vers are pronounced identically (\vɛʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verre is recorded at frequency rank #1,500, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁ\. vers is at rank #185, 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 1685, this pair ranks #437,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verre vs vers
Shared letters: erv. Private to "verre": -. Private to "vers": s.
"verre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "vers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "verre" and "vers" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "verre" or "vers" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "verre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,577 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verre" and "vers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vers vs Voss". 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 #437,577 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.