dicevsdickerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: dice is a noun, dicker is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank
#7,744
“dicker” frequency rank
50845
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dice dicker
Definition der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel) Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dick

Letter map: dice vs dicker

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

4 ch
dice
6 ch
dicker

Part-of-speech tell for dice / dicker

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dice is anoun and dickeranadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. dicker is at rank #7,744, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdɪkɐ].

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 50845, this pair ranks #1,158,198 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs dicker

Shared letters: cdei. Private to "dice": -. Private to "dicker": kr.

"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dicker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dicedcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
  • dickerdciker · ddicker · diccker · dicekr · dickerr · dickker · dickre · dikcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dice" and "dicker" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dice" is a noun and "dicker" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dice" or "dicker"?
"dicker" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,744 in our German list, against #43,101 for "dice". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "dice" vs "dicker" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dicker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,158,198 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dice" and "dicker" 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 #1,158,198 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