Which to use
“délégué” and “dengue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,337
- “délégué” frequency rank
- #44,413
- “dengue” frequency rank
- 49750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délégué | dengue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui a reçu une délégation, qui a commission de quelqu’un. | Maladie virale endémique dans les pays tropicaux causée par les virus de type flavivirus. |
Where the eye mixes délégué and dengue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. délégué runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against dengue's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between délégué and dengue
A purely visual mix-up. délégué (\de.le.ɡe\) and dengue (\dɛ̃ɡ\) 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 49750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délégué is recorded at frequency rank #5,337, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.le.ɡe\. dengue is at rank #44,413, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɛ̃ɡ\.
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 49750, this pair ranks #168,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of délégué vs dengue
Shared letters: dgu. Private to "délégué": lé. Private to "dengue": en.
"délégué" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "dengue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dengue ← ddengue · degnue · dengeu · denggue · denngue · denuge · dnegue · edngue
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "délégué" and "dengue" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "délégué" vs "dengue" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "délégué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dengue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,124 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délégué" and "dengue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dengue vs dénués". 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 #168,124 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.