verséevsversezConfusable pair

Quick tell: versée is a adjective, versez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“versée” is an adjective and “versez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,535
“versée” frequency rank
#31,778
“versez” frequency rank
47313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature versée versez
Definition Féminin singulier de versé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de verser.

Same sound, different letters: versée vs versez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. versée (CVCCVV) and versez (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
versée
6 ch
versez

Ear matches; page differs - versée and versez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: versée and versez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \vɛʁ.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

versée is recorded at frequency rank #15,535, classified as anadj, pronounced \vɛʁ.se\. versez is at rank #31,778, 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 47313, this pair ranks #187,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of versée vs versez

Shared letters: ersv. Private to "versée": é. Private to "versez": z.

"versée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "versez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • versez ← evrsez · veresz · verrsez · versezz · verssez · versze · vesrez · vresez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "versée" for "versez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "versée" is an adjective and "versez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "versée" or "versez" show up more?
"versée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,535 in our French list, against #31,778 for "versez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "versée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "versez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #187,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "versée" and "versez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "versera vs versez". 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 #187,939 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