Which to use
“dessin” and “dessins” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,117
- “dessin” frequency rank
- #3,247
- “dessins” frequency rank
- 5364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessin | dessins |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pluriel de dessin. |
Same sound, different letters: dessin vs dessins
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - dessin and dessins
This is the hard kind. dessin and dessins are pronounced identically (\de.sɛ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dessin” sits inside “dessins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5364, 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\. dessins is at rank #3,247, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.sɛ̃\.
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 5364, this pair ranks #429,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dessin vs dessins
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessin": -. Private to "dessins": -.
"dessin" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dessins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dessin" and "dessins" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dessin" vs "dessins" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessin" and "dessins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessina vs dessins". 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 #429,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.