dice vs dit, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank: #24,676
“dit” frequency rank: 67777
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dice	dit
Definition	der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel)	das

Letter map: dice vs dit

Shared letters muted; letters that set dice and dit apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

dice

3 ch

dit

Role in the sentence - dice and dit

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dice is anoun and ditapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. dit is at rank #24,676, tagged as apron, pronounced [dʏt].

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 67777, this pair ranks #529,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs dit

Shared letters: di. Private to "dice": ce. Private to "dit": t.

"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dit" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

dice ← dcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

In ordinary German text, does "dice" or "dit" show up more?

"dit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,676 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

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Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "dit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #529,081 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dice" and "dit" 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 #529,081 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.