Which to use
“danses” is a noun and “dansez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,466
- “danses” frequency rank
- #41,215
- “dansez” frequency rank
- 50681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | danses | dansez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de danse. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de danser. |
Where the eye mixes danses and dansez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. danses and dansez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: danses vs dansez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: danses is \dɑ̃s\ while dansez is \dɑ̃.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - s in “danses” becomes z in “dansez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
danses is recorded at frequency rank #9,466, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃s\. dansez is at rank #41,215, 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 50681, this pair ranks #160,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of danses vs dansez
Shared letters: adens. Private to "danses": -. Private to "dansez": z.
"danses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dansez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "danses" and "dansez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "danses" or "dansez"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "danses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dansez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "danses" and "dansez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dancer vs dansez". 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 #160,750 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.