Which to use
“dessin” is a noun and “dessinée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,117
- “dessin” frequency rank
- #8,374
- “dessinée” frequency rank
- 10491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessin | dessinée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Représentation d’objets, de personnages, de paysages, etc. sur une surface à l’aide d’un crayon, à la plume, au pinceau ou par tout autre instrument. | Féminin singulier de dessiné. |
Where the eye mixes dessin and dessinée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dessin vs dessinée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dessin is \de.sɛ̃\ while dessinée is \de.si.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “dessin” sits inside “dessinée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessin is recorded at frequency rank #2,117, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.sɛ̃\. dessinée is at rank #8,374, tagged as anadj, pronounced \de.si.ne\.
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 10491, this pair ranks #412,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dessin vs dessinée
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessin": -. Private to "dessinée": é.
"dessin" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dessinée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dessin ← ddessin · desin · desisn · dessinn · dessni · dsesin · edssin
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dessin" and "dessinée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "dessin" or "dessinée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dessin" and "dessinée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,784 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessin" and "dessinée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessina vs dessinée". 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 #412,784 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.