Which to use
“deine” is an unknown and “dice” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #255
- “deine” frequency rank
- #43,101
- “dice” frequency rank
- 43356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deine | dice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Possessivpronomens dein | der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel) |
Letter map: deine vs dice
Shared letters muted; letters that set deine and dice apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. deine runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against dice's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for deine / dice
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deine is anunknown and diceanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deine is recorded at frequency rank #255, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈdaɪ̯nə]. dice is at rank #43,101, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 43356, this pair ranks #1,420,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deine vs dice
Shared letters: dei. Private to "deine": n. Private to "dice": c.
"deine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "deine" for "dice" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "deine" or "dice" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "deine" vs "dice" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "deine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,420,657 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deine" and "dice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dice vs puzzles". 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 #1,420,657 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.