Which to use
“décès” and “dents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,037
- “décès” frequency rank
- #2,313
- “dents” frequency rank
- 4350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décès | dents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mort naturelle d’une personne. | Pluriel de dent. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set décès and dents apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. décès (\de.sɛ\) and dents (\dɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décès is recorded at frequency rank #2,037, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.sɛ\. dents is at rank #2,313, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃\.
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 4350, this pair ranks #431,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of décès vs dents
Shared letters: ds. Private to "décès": cèé. Private to "dents": ent.
"décès" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dents" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dents ← ddents · dennts · denst · dentss · dentts · detns · dnets · ednts