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“déesses” and “dresse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,991
“déesses” frequency rank
#8,988
“dresse” frequency rank
39979
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature déesses dresse
Definition Pluriel de déesse. Rédaction d'un devis.

Where the eye mixes déesses and dresse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. déesses runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against dresse's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
déesses
6 ch
dresse

Why the eye confuses déesses with dresse

A purely visual mix-up. déesses (\de.ɛs\) and dresse (\dʁɛs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

déesses is recorded at frequency rank #30,991, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ɛs\. dresse is at rank #8,988, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɛs\.

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 39979, this pair ranks #243,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of déesses vs dresse

Shared letters: des. Private to "déesses": é. Private to "dresse": r.

"déesses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "dresse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dresse ← ddresse · dersse · drese · dreses · drresse · drsese · rdesse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "déesses" for "dresse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\de.ɛs\ versus \dʁɛs\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "déesses" vs "dresse" - which ranks higher?
"dresse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,988 in our French list, against #30,991 for "déesses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "déesses" and "dresse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "déesses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dresse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #243,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "déesses" and "dresse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déesses vs dépasses". 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 #243,916 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