Which to use
“verrière” is a noun and “verrières” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,399
- “verrière” frequency rank
- #35,321
- “verrières” frequency rank
- 63720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verrière | verrières |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Baie vitrée située soit en toiture, soit en façade. | Féminin pluriel de verrier. |
Same sound, different letters: verrière vs verrières
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. verrière runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against verrières's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: verrière vs verrières
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: verrière and verrières carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vɛ.ʁjɛʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “verrière” sits inside “verrières”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verrière is recorded at frequency rank #28,399, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛ.ʁjɛʁ\. 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 63720, this pair ranks #80,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of verrière vs verrières
Shared letters: eirvè. Private to "verrière": -. Private to "verrières": s.
"verrière" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "verrières" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verrière" and "verrières" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "verrière" vs "verrières" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "verrière" 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 #80,542 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verrière" and "verrières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verrières vs verriers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #80,542 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.