Which to use
“designs” and “destins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,219
- “designs” frequency rank
- #20,692
- “destins” frequency rank
- 61911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | designs | destins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de design. | Pluriel de destin. |
Where the eye mixes designs and destins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. designs (CVCVCCC) and destins (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between designs and destins
A purely visual mix-up. designs (\di.zajn\) and destins (\dɛs.tɛ̃\) 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 61911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
designs is recorded at frequency rank #41,219, classified as anoun, pronounced \di.zajn\. destins is at rank #20,692, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɛs.tɛ̃\.
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 61911, this pair ranks #89,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of designs vs destins
Shared letters: deins. Private to "designs": g. Private to "destins": t.
"designs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "destins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "designs" and "destins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "designs" or "destins"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "designs" and "destins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "designs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "destins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "designs" and "destins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "désigna vs designs". 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 #89,788 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.