dise

\diz\

/\diz\/ verb

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The verdict

“dise” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,530) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,530
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dise · dise · French

dise · rank #3,530 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,530
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dirige

Nearest frequency peer: dirige (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « dise »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « dise » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dise vs Ds
25% similar
dise vs dix
50% similar
dise vs dos
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dise
PropertyValue
Headworddise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\diz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,530
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « dise »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.disese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dirige » (#3,529), « diable » (#3,528), « départements » (#3,532). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dise » est au #3,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for dise is neighbouring look-alikes ("Ds", "dix", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \diz\. Frequency #3,530 among 5,307 “D” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for dise, with forms such as "ddise", "disse", and "dsie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ds", "dix", "dos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dise, spelled D-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dire.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pardonne-moi de t’avoir fait peur mais, vois-tu, il fallait bien qu’un jour quelqu’un te le dise… — Quoi donc ? — Mais, que la prise de la Bastille n’était qu’une fête frankiste. Ah ! ah !ah ! ah ! ah !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddise
  • disse
  • dsie
  • idse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dise - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddise1disse1dsie2idse2
Edit distance from "dise"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dise"?
"dise" is spelled D-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \diz\.
What does "dise" mean?
As a verb, "dise" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dire.
What words are commonly confused with "dise"?
"dise" is commonly confused with "Ds", "dix", "dos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dise" is \diz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dise" come from?
"dise" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

free#3,537gris#3,539juif#3,540SNCF#3,569

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list