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Which to use

“dater” and “dati” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,671
“dater” frequency rank
#30,122
“dati” frequency rank
47793
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dater dati
Definition Marquer la date de quelque chose. Donner.

Letter map: dater vs dati

Shared letters muted; letters that set dater and dati apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dater runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against dati's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
dater
4 ch
dati

Pair insight - dater / dati

dater and dati are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dater is recorded at frequency rank #17,671, classified as averb, pronounced \da.te\. 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 47793, this pair ranks #184,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dater vs dati

Shared letters: adt. Private to "dater": er. Private to "dati": i.

"dater" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dati" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dater ← adter · daetr · daterr · datre · datter · ddater · dtaer
  • dati ← adti · dait · datti · ddati · dtai

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dater" and "dati" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "dater" vs "dati" - which ranks higher?
"dater" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,671 in our French list, against #30,122 for "dati". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dater" 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 #184,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dater" and "dati" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dati vs DCI". 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 #184,099 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