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Which to use

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

#34,356
“verrier” frequency rank
#35,321
“verrières” frequency rank
69677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature verrier verrières
Definition Relatif au verre ou à sa fabrication. Féminin pluriel de verrier.

Where the eye mixes verrier and verrières

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. verrier runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against verrières's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
verrier
9 ch
verrières

Look-alike desk: verrier vs verrières

A purely visual mix-up. verrier (\vɛ.ʁje\) and verrières (\vɛ.ʁjɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

verrier is recorded at frequency rank #34,356, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɛ.ʁje\. verrières is at rank #35,321, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vɛ.ʁjɛʁ\.

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 69677, this pair ranks #54,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of verrier vs verrières

Shared letters: eirv. Private to "verrier": -. Private to "verrières": sè.

"verrier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "verrières" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verrier ← evrrier · verier · verirer · verreir · verrierr · verrire · vrerier · vverrier

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "verrier" for "verrières" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vɛ.ʁje\ versus \vɛ.ʁjɛʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "verrier" or "verrières"?
"verrier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,356 in our French list, against #35,321 for "verrières". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "verrier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verrières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,257 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "verrier" and "verrières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verrières vs verriers". 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 #54,257 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