Which to use
“densité” is a noun and “dessine” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,546
- “densité” frequency rank
- #8,227
- “dessine” frequency rank
- 13773
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | densité | dessine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Caractère de ce qui est dense. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. |
Where the eye mixes densité and dessine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. densité and dessine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: densité vs dessine
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: densité is \dɑ̃.si.te\ while dessine is \de.sin\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
densité is recorded at frequency rank #5,546, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɑ̃.si.te\. dessine is at rank #8,227, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.sin\.
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 13773, this pair ranks #399,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of densité vs dessine
Shared letters: deins. Private to "densité": té. Private to "dessine": -.
"densité" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dessine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dessine ← ddessine · desine · desisne · dessien · dessinne · dessnie · dsesine · edssine
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "densité" and "dessine" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "densité" vs "dessine" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "densité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "densité" and "dessine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessina vs dessine". 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 #399,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.