Which to use
“dance” and “danger” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,465
- “dance” frequency rank
- #1,476
- “danger” frequency rank
- 10941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dance | danger |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de musiques électroniques entièrement composées pour danser et principalement jouées dans des nightclubs, raves et festivals. | Ce qui est ordinairement suivi d’un malheur, ou qui expose à une perte, à un dommage, etc. |
Where the eye mixes dance and danger
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dance runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against danger's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dance vs danger
A purely visual mix-up. dance (\dɛns\) and danger (\dɑ̃.ʒe\) 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 10941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dance is recorded at frequency rank #9,465, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɛns\. danger is at rank #1,476, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃.ʒe\.
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 10941, this pair ranks #411,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dance vs danger
Shared letters: aden. Private to "dance": c. Private to "danger": gr.
"dance" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "danger" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dance" and "danger" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dance" vs "danger" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "danger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dance" and "danger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dance vs dice". 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 #411,074 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.