Which to use
“verre” is a noun and “votre” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,500
- “verre” frequency rank
- #110
- “votre” frequency rank
- 1610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verre | votre |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Deuxième personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui est à vous. Plusieurs possesseurs et un seul objet ou un possesseur, à qui on s'adresse poliment, et un seul objet. |
Where the eye mixes verre and votre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verre is \vɛʁ\ while votre is \vɔtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1610, 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\. votre is at rank #110, tagged as adet, pronounced \vɔtʁ\.
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 1610, this pair ranks #437,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verre vs votre
Shared letters: erv. Private to "verre": -. Private to "votre": ot.
"verre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "votre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV