Which to use
“délice” and “dice” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,267
- “délice” frequency rank
- #44,417
- “dice” frequency rank
- 63684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délice | dice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plaisir extrême. | Pluriel de die. Dés à jouer. |
Where the eye mixes délice and dice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. délice runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dice's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between délice and dice
A purely visual mix-up. délice (\de.lis\) and dice (\ˈdaɪs\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délice is recorded at frequency rank #19,267, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.lis\. dice is at rank #44,417, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdaɪs\.
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 63684, this pair ranks #80,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délice vs dice
Shared letters: cdei. Private to "délice": lé. Private to "dice": -.
"délice" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dice ← dcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délice" and "dice" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "délice" or "dice"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "délice" and "dice" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "délice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délice" and "dice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs dice". 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 #80,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.