verresvsverserWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#5,714
“verres” frequency rank
#6,043
“verser” frequency rank
11757
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verres verser
Definition Pluriel de verre. Faire couler.

Where the eye mixes verres and verser

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

6 ch
verres
6 ch
verser

Visual trap between verres and verser

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: verres is \vɛʁ\ while verser is \vɛʁ.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verres is recorded at frequency rank #5,714, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁ\. verser is at rank #6,043, tagged as averb, 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 11757, this pair ranks #407,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verres vs verser

Shared letters: ersv. Private to "verres": -. Private to "verser": -.

"verres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "verser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verresevrres · verers · veres · verress · verrse · vreres · vverres
  • verserevrser · veresr · verrser · verserr · versre · versser · vesrer · vreser

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verres" and "verser" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "verres" is a noun and "verser" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "verres" or "verser" show up more?
"verres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,714 in our French list, against #6,043 for "verser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "verres" and "verser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "verres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #407,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verres" and "verser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verser vs versera". 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 #407,919 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