Which to use
“dague” and “digues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,913
- “dague” frequency rank
- #25,277
- “digues” frequency rank
- 57190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dague | digues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espèce de long poignard. | Pluriel de digue. |
Where the eye mixes dague and digues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dague vs digues
A purely visual mix-up. dague (\daɡ\) and digues (\diɡ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dague is recorded at frequency rank #31,913, classified as anoun, pronounced \daɡ\. digues is at rank #25,277, tagged as anoun, pronounced \diɡ\.
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 57190, this pair ranks #116,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dague vs digues
Shared letters: degu. Private to "dague": a. Private to "digues": is.
"dague" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "digues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dague" and "digues" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dague" or "digues"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dague" and "digues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dague" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dague" and "digues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dague vs dragues". 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 #116,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.