dartvsdatiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dart is a noun, dati is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dart” is a noun and “dati” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,097
“dart” frequency rank
#30,122
“dati” frequency rank
76219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dart dati
Definition Sorte de papier de pâte grise. Donner.

Letter map: dart vs dati

Shared letters muted; letters that set dart and dati apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dart (CVCC) and dati (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
dart
4 ch
dati

Part-of-speech tell for dart / dati

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dart is anoun and datiaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dart is recorded at frequency rank #46,097, classified as anoun, pronounced \daʁ\. dati is at rank #30,122, tagged as averb.

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 76219, this pair ranks #31,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dart vs dati

Shared letters: adt. Private to "dart": r. Private to "dati": i.

"dart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "dati" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dart ← adrt · darrt · dartt · datr · ddart · drat
  • dati ← adti · dait · datti · ddati · dtai

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dart" and "dati" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dart" is a noun and "dati" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "dart" or "dati" show up more?
"dati" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,122 in our French list, against #46,097 for "dart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "dart" vs "dati" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dati" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dart" and "dati" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dart vs dust". 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 #31,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list