Which to use
“délier” and “diluer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,997
- “délier” frequency rank
- #28,915
- “diluer” frequency rank
- 73912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délier | diluer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dégager de ce qui lie. | Étendre d’eau ou d’un solvant adapté, un liquide quelconque. |
Where the eye mixes délier and diluer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. délier and diluer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between délier and diluer
A purely visual mix-up. délier (\de.lje\) and diluer (\di.lɥe\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73912, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délier is recorded at frequency rank #44,997, classified as averb, pronounced \de.lje\. diluer is at rank #28,915, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.lɥe\.
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 73912, this pair ranks #38,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of délier vs diluer
Shared letters: deilr. Private to "délier": é. Private to "diluer": u.
"délier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "diluer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diluer ← ddiluer · dileur · dilluer · diluerr · dilure · diuler · dliuer · idluer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délier" and "diluer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "délier" vs "diluer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "délier" and "diluer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "délier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diluer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,895 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délier" and "diluer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "délier vs déviée". 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 #38,895 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.