dicevsdichTell them apart

Quick tell: dice is a noun, dich is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dice” is a noun and “dich” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank
#124
“dich” frequency rank
43225
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dice dich
Definition der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel) Akkusativ der zweiten Person Singular

Letter map: dice vs dich

Shared letters muted; letters that set dice and dich apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dice (CVCV) and dich (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
dice
4 ch
dich

Part-of-speech tell for dice / dich

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dice is anoun and dichapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “dice” becomes h in “dich”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. dich is at rank #124, tagged as apron, pronounced [dɪç].

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 43225, this pair ranks #1,424,807 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs dich

Shared letters: cdi. Private to "dice": e. Private to "dich": h.

"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dich" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dicedcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
  • dichdcih · ddich · dicch · dichh · dihc · idch

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dice" and "dich" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dice" is a noun and "dich" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dice" or "dich"?
"dich" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #124 in our German list, against #43,101 for "dice". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dice" and "dich".

  • Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dich" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,424,807 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dice" and "dich" 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 #1,424,807 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list