Which to use
“dansent” and “danser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,502
- “dansent” frequency rank
- #4,481
- “danser” frequency rank
- 23983
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dansent | danser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de danser. | Exécuter une danse. |
Where the eye mixes dansent and danser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dansent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against danser's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dansent and danser
A purely visual mix-up. dansent (\dɑ̃s\) and danser (\dɑ̃.se\) 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 23983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dansent is recorded at frequency rank #19,502, classified as averb, pronounced \dɑ̃s\. danser is at rank #4,481, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɑ̃.se\.
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 23983, this pair ranks #349,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dansent vs danser
Shared letters: adens. Private to "dansent": t. Private to "danser": r.
"dansent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "danser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dansent" for "danser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dansent" vs "danser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dansent" and "danser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dansent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "danser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #349,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dansent" and "danser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dansante vs dansent". 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 #349,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.