Which to use
“dengue” and “digue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,413
- “dengue” frequency rank
- #18,169
- “digue” frequency rank
- 62582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dengue | digue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maladie virale endémique dans les pays tropicaux causée par les virus de type flavivirus. | Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer. |
Where the eye mixes dengue and digue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dengue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against digue's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dengue vs digue
A purely visual mix-up. dengue (\dɛ̃ɡ\) and digue (\diɡ\) 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 62582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dengue is recorded at frequency rank #44,413, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɛ̃ɡ\. digue is at rank #18,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced \diɡ\.
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 62582, this pair ranks #86,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dengue vs digue
Shared letters: degu. Private to "dengue": n. Private to "digue": i.
"dengue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "digue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dengue" and "digue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dengue" or "digue"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dengue" and "digue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dengue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dengue" and "digue" 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 #86,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.