Which to use
“dédie” is a verb and “desdits” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,190
- “dédie” frequency rank
- #36,792
- “desdits” frequency rank
- 60982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dédie | desdits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dédier. | Masculin pluriel de dudit. |
Same sound, different letters: dédie vs desdits
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - dédie / desdits
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dédie and desdits carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.di\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other adeterminer, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dédie is recorded at frequency rank #24,190, classified as averb, pronounced \de.di\. desdits is at rank #36,792, tagged as adet, pronounced \de.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 60982, this pair ranks #94,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dédie vs desdits
Shared letters: dei. Private to "dédie": é. Private to "desdits": st.
"dédie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "desdits" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- desdits ← ddesdits · dedsits · desddits · desdist · desditss · desditts · desdtis · desidts
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dédie" for "desdits" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dédie" or "desdits"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dédie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desdits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dédie" and "desdits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs dédie". 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 #94,731 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.