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“versement” and “versements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,410
- “versement” frequency rank
- #16,770
- “versements” frequency rank
- 26180
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | versement | versements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de verser. | Pluriel de versement. |
Same sound, different letters: versement vs versements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. versement runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against versements's 10 (CVCCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: versement vs versements
This is the hard kind. versement and versements are pronounced identically (\vɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “versement” sits inside “versements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26180, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
versement is recorded at frequency rank #9,410, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃\. versements is at rank #16,770, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁ.sə.mɑ̃\.
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 26180, this pair ranks #336,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of versement vs versements
Shared letters: emnrstv. Private to "versement": -. Private to "versements": -.
"versement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "versements" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- versement ← evrsement · veresment · verrsement · verseemnt · versemennt · versementt · versemetn · versemment
- versements ← evrsements · veresments · verrsements · verseemnts · versemennts · versemenst · versementss · versementts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "versement" and "versements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "versement" or "versements"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "versement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "versements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "versement" and "versements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "versements vs vertement". 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 #336,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.