dativsditeConfusable pair

Quick tell: dati is a verb, dite is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#30,122
“dati” frequency rank
#2,873
“dite” frequency rank
32995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dati dite
Definition Donner. Féminin singulier de dit.

Letter map: dati vs dite

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

4 ch
dati
4 ch
dite

Part-of-speech tell for dati / dite

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dati is averb and diteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dati is recorded at frequency rank #30,122, classified as averb. dite is at rank #2,873, tagged as anadj, 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 32995, this pair ranks #293,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dati vs dite

Shared letters: dit. Private to "dati": a. Private to "dite": e.

"dati" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "dite" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • datiadti · dait · datti · ddati · dtai
  • diteddite · ditte · dtie · idte

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dati" and "dite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dati" is a verb and "dite" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "dati" or "dite" show up more?
"dite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,873 in our French list, against #30,122 for "dati". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dati" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #293,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dati" and "dite" 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 #293,562 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