verrezvsverserWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“verrez” and “verser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,252
“verrez” frequency rank
#6,043
“verser” frequency rank
12295
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verrez verser
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur du verbe voir. Faire couler.

Where the eye mixes verrez and verser

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

6 ch
verrez
6 ch
verser

Why the eye confuses verrez with verser

A purely visual mix-up. verrez (\vɛ.ʁe\) and verser (\vɛʁ.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verrez is recorded at frequency rank #6,252, classified as averb, pronounced \vɛ.ʁe\. 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 12295, this pair ranks #405,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of verrez vs verser

Shared letters: erv. Private to "verrez": z. Private to "verser": s.

"verrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "verser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verrezevrrez · vererz · verez · verrezz · verrze · vrerez · vverrez
  • verserevrser · veresr · verrser · verserr · versre · versser · vesrer · vreser

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "verrez" and "verser" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vɛ.ʁe\ versus \vɛʁ.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verrez" or "verser"?
"verser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,043 in our French list, against #6,252 for "verrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verrez" 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 #405,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verrez" 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 #405,833 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