Which to use
“verser” and “versez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,043
- “verser” frequency rank
- #31,778
- “versez” frequency rank
- 37821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verser | versez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire couler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de verser. |
Same sound, different letters: verser vs versez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - verser and versez
This is the hard kind. verser and versez are pronounced identically (\vɛʁ.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “verser” becomes z in “versez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verser is recorded at frequency rank #6,043, classified as averb, 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 37821, this pair ranks #259,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verser vs versez
Shared letters: ersv. Private to "verser": -. Private to "versez": z.
"verser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "versez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "verser" for "versez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "verser" vs "versez" - 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 "verser" 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 #259,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verser" 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 #259,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.