dativsdaysTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#30,122
“dati” frequency rank
#17,404
“days” frequency rank
47526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dati days
Definition Donner. Pluriel de day.

Letter map: dati vs days

Shared letters muted; letters that set dati and days apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
dati
4 ch
days

Part-of-speech tell for dati / days

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dati is averb and daysanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dati is recorded at frequency rank #30,122, classified as averb. days is at rank #17,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced \deɪz\.

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 47526, this pair ranks #186,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dati vs days

Shared letters: ad. Private to "dati": it. Private to "days": sy.

"dati" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "days" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • datiadti · dait · datti · ddati · dtai
  • daysadys · dasy · dayss · dayys · ddays · dyas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dati" and "days" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dati" is a verb and "days" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "dati" or "days" show up more?
"days" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,404 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dati" and "days".

  • Full dictionary entry for "dati" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "days" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dati" and "days" 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 #186,268 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