Which to use
“verre” is a noun and “versés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,500
- “verre” frequency rank
- #15,060
- “versés” frequency rank
- 16560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verre | versés |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Masculin pluriel de versé. |
Where the eye mixes verre and versés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: verre vs versés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verre is \vɛʁ\ while versés is \vɛʁ.se\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16560, 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\. versés is at rank #15,060, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɛʁ.se\.
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 16560, this pair ranks #387,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verre vs versés
Shared letters: erv. Private to "verre": -. Private to "versés": sé.
"verre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "versés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verre ← evrre · vere · verer · vrere · vverre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verre" and "versés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "verre" or "versés" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "verre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "versés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,272 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verre" and "versés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "versera vs versés". 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 #387,272 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.