Which to use
“dea” is a verb and “des” is an article - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,801
- “dea” frequency rank
- #10
- “des” frequency rank
- 19811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dea | des |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manger chez quelqu’un, de quelque chose. | Article indéfini du pluriel. C’est ainsi le pluriel de un ou une. |
Letter map: dea vs des
Shared letters muted; letters that set dea and des apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for dea / des
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dea is averb and desanarticle. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “dea” becomes s in “des”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dea is recorded at frequency rank #19,801, classified as averb. des is at rank #10, tagged as anarticle, pronounced \de\.
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 19811, this pair ranks #371,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dea vs des
Shared letters: de. Private to "dea": a. Private to "des": s.
"dea" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "des" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dea" for "des" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dea" vs "des" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dea" and "des".
- Full dictionary entry for "dea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "des" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,427 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dea" and "des" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dea vs dray". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #371,427 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.