dativsditsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,122
“dati” frequency rank
#5,747
“dits” frequency rank
35869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dati dits
Definition Donner. Masculin pluriel de dit.

Letter map: dati vs dits

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

4 ch
dati
4 ch
dits

Part-of-speech tell for dati / dits

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dati is averb and ditsanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dati is recorded at frequency rank #30,122, classified as averb. dits is at rank #5,747, tagged as anadj, pronounced [di].

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 35869, this pair ranks #273,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dati vs dits

Shared letters: dit. Private to "dati": a. Private to "dits": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • datiadti · dait · datti · ddati · dtai
  • ditsddits · dist · ditss · ditts · dtis · idts

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dati" for "dits" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dati" is a verb and "dits" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "dati" or "dits" show up more?
"dits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,747 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dati" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,659 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dati" and "dits" 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 #273,659 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