dicevsdoneConfusable pair

Quick tell: dice is a noun, done is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank
#20,888
“done” frequency rank
63989
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dice done
Definition der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel) Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs do

Letter map: dice vs done

Shared letters muted; letters that set dice and done apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. dice and done follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
dice
4 ch
done

Part-of-speech tell for dice / done

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dice is anoun and doneaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63989, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. done is at rank #20,888, tagged as averb, pronounced [dʌn].

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 63989, this pair ranks #657,254 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs done

Shared letters: de. Private to "dice": ci. Private to "done": no.

"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dice ← dcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
  • done ← ddone · dnoe · doen · donne · odne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dice" for "done" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dice" is a noun and "done" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dice" vs "done" - which ranks higher?
"done" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,888 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 "done".

  • Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "done" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #657,254 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dice" and "done" 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 #657,254 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