Français homophones

danse/dansent/danses/dense/denses

"danse" is a noun; "dansent" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #101 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "danse" arrives as a noun, while "dansent" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "danse" then splits - "danse" (5 letters) vs "dansent" (7).
Shared stem "danse" then splits - "danse" (5 letters) vs "danses" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "danse" is 5 letters, "dense" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "danse" is 5 letters, "denses" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "danse" then splits - "dansent" (7 letters) vs "danses" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "dansent" is 7 letters, "dense" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "dansent" is 7 letters, "denses" is 6; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "danses" is 6 letters, "dense" is 5; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "danses" is 6 letters, "denses" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "dense" then splits - "dense" (5 letters) vs "denses" (6).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across danse, dansent, danses, dense, denses: dens. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

danse
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory adens · private a
dansent
7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVCC
Inventory adenst · private at
danses
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory adens · private a
dense
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV
Inventory dens · no private letters vs siblings
denses
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC
Inventory dens · no private letters vs siblings

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "danse" when you mean: Mouvement du corps exécuté en cadence, à pas mesurés, et au son d’instruments ou de la voix.
Write "dansent" when you mean: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de danser.
Write "danses" when you mean: Pluriel de danse.
Write "dense" when you mean: Épais, compact, dont les parties nous paraissent plus épaisses ou plus serrées.
Write "denses" when you mean: Pluriel de dense.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

danse ← adnse · danes · dannse · dansse · dasne · ddanse
dansent ← adnsent · danesnt · dannsent · dansennt · dansentt · dansetn
danses ← adnses · daness · dannses · dansess · dansses · dasnes
dense ← ddense · denes · dennse · densse · desne · dnese
denses ← ddenses · deness · dennses · densess · densses · desnes

Each spelling

danse

noun · /\dɑ̃s\/ · #1,658 frequency

Mouvement du corps exécuté en cadence, à pas mesurés, et au son d’instruments ou de la voix.

dansent

verb · /\dɑ̃s\/ · #19,502 frequency

Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de danser.

danses

noun · /\dɑ̃s\/ · #9,466 frequency

Pluriel de danse.

dense

adjective · /\dɑ̃s\/ · #8,094 frequency

Épais, compact, dont les parties nous paraissent plus épaisses ou plus serrées.

denses

adjective · /\dɑ̃s\/ · #18,166 frequency

Pluriel de dense.