dicevsDoseConfusable pair

Which to use

“dice” and “Dose” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,101
“dice” frequency rank
#8,345
“Dose” frequency rank
51446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dice Dose
Definition der Würfel (zum Beispiel der Käsewürfel) kleiner Behälter mit Deckel zur Aufbewahrung von Objekten

Letter map: dice vs Dose

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

Corpus notes: dice and Dose

dice and Dose are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dice is recorded at frequency rank #43,101, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Dose is at rank #8,345, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈdoːzə].

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 51446, this pair ranks #1,135,232 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dice vs Dose

Shared letters: de. Private to "dice": ci. Private to "Dose": os.

"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Dose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dice ← dcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
  • Dose ← ddose · dosse · dsoe · odse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dice" for "Dose" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "dice" vs "Dose" - which ranks higher?
"Dose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,345 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Dose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,135,232 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dice" and "Dose" 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 #1,135,232 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