Which to use
“des” is an article and “dr” is a symbol - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10
- “des” frequency rank
- #1,995
- “dr” frequency rank
- 2005
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | des | dr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Article indéfini du pluriel. C’est ainsi le pluriel de un ou une. | Symbole du drachme (dram), unité de mesure de masse ou de volume anglo-saxonne. |
Letter map: des vs dr
Shared letters muted; letters that set des and dr apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: des is anarticle and drasymbol. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
des is recorded at frequency rank #10, classified as anarticle, pronounced \de\. dr is at rank #1,995, tagged as asymbol.
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 2005, this pair ranks #436,958 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of des vs dr
Shared letters: d. Private to "des": es. Private to "dr": r.
"des" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "dr" · 2 letters · shape CC