Which to use
“datée” and “dites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,946
- “datée” frequency rank
- #1,409
- “dites” frequency rank
- 13355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | datée | dites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de dater. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe dire. |
Where the eye mixes datée and dites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between datée and dites
A purely visual mix-up. datée (\da.te\) and dites (\dit\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
datée is recorded at frequency rank #11,946, classified as averb, pronounced \da.te\. dites is at rank #1,409, tagged as averb, pronounced \dit\.
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 13355, this pair ranks #401,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of datée vs dites
Shared letters: det. Private to "datée": aé. Private to "dites": is.
"datée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "dites" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dites ← ddites · diets · ditess · ditse · dittes · dties · idtes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "datée" and "dites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "datée" or "dites"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "datée" and "dites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "datée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "datée" and "dites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damné vs datée". 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 #401,352 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.