Which to use
“délit” and “dent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,934
- “délit” frequency rank
- #5,965
- “dent” frequency rank
- 10899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délit | dent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Toute infraction, consciente ou non, aux lois. | Petit organe composé d’émail, de dentine et d’une pulpe, enchâssés dans la mâchoire, qui sert à inciser, à déchirer, à mâcher les aliments et à mordre. |
Where the eye mixes délit and dent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: délit vs dent
A purely visual mix-up. délit (\de.li\) and dent (\dɑ̃\) 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 10899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délit is recorded at frequency rank #4,934, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.li\. dent is at rank #5,965, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃\.
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 10899, this pair ranks #411,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of délit vs dent
Shared letters: dt. Private to "délit": ilé. Private to "dent": en.
"délit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dent ← ddent · dennt · dentt · detn · dnet · ednt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "délit" and "dent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "délit" or "dent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "délit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #411,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délit" and "dent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "denim vs dent". 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 #411,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.