Which to use
“danses” and “dattes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,466
- “danses” frequency rank
- #34,053
- “dattes” frequency rank
- 43519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | danses | dattes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de danse. | Pluriel de datte. |
Where the eye mixes danses and dattes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. danses and dattes 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 dattes
A purely visual mix-up. danses (\dɑ̃s\) and dattes (\dat\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43519, 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\. dattes is at rank #34,053, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dat\.
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 43519, this pair ranks #217,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of danses vs dattes
Shared letters: ades. Private to "danses": n. Private to "dattes": t.
"danses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dattes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "danses" and "dattes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "danses" or "dattes" show up more?
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 "dattes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "danses" and "dattes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "datées vs dattes". 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 #217,444 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.