dicevsdieseWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank
#75
“diese” frequency rank
43176
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dice diese
Definition der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel) Nominativ Singular Femininum des Demonstrativpronomens dies

Letter map: dice vs diese

Shared letters muted; letters that set dice and diese apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
dice
5 ch
diese

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dice is anoun and dieseanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. diese is at rank #75, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈdiːzə].

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 43176, this pair ranks #1,426,297 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs diese

Shared letters: dei. Private to "dice": c. Private to "diese": s.

"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "diese" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dicedcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
  • dieseddiese · deise · diees · diesse · disee · idese

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dice" and "diese" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dice" is a noun and "diese" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dice" or "diese"?
"diese" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #75 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list