dicevsdickesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank
#12,692
“dickes” frequency rank
55793
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dice dickes
Definition der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel) Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs dick

Letter map: dice vs dickes

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

4 ch
dice
6 ch
dickes

Role in the sentence - dice and dickes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dice is anoun and dickesanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. dickes is at rank #12,692, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdɪkəs].

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 55793, this pair ranks #965,542 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs dickes

Shared letters: cdei. Private to "dice": -. Private to "dickes": ks.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dicedcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
  • dickesdcikes · ddickes · dicckes · diceks · dickess · dickkes · dickse · dikces

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dice" and "dickes" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dice" is a noun and "dickes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dice" vs "dickes" - which ranks higher?
"dickes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,692 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dickes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #965,542 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dice" and "dickes" 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 #965,542 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