dice vs dicke, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank: #3,029
“dicke” frequency rank: 46130
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dice	dicke
Definition	der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel)	in reichlichem Maße, mehr als genügend; in hohem Maße

Letter map: dice vs dicke

Shared letters muted; letters that set dice and dicke apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch

dice

5 ch

dicke

Grammar separator: dice vs dicke

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dice is anoun and dickeaparticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. dicke is at rank #3,029, tagged as aparticle, pronounced [ˈdɪkə].

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 46130, this pair ranks #1,329,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs dicke

Shared letters: cdei. Private to "dice": -. Private to "dicke": k.

"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dicke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

dice ← dcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
dicke ← dcike · ddicke · diccke · dicek · dickke · dikce · idcke

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dice" for "dicke" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dice" is a noun and "dicke" a particle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "dice" vs "dicke" - which ranks higher?

"dicke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,029 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 "dicke".

Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "dicke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,329,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dice" and "dicke" 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 #1,329,604 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.