Which to use
“dessine” and “dessinez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,227
- “dessine” frequency rank
- #47,278
- “dessinez” frequency rank
- 55505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessine | dessinez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. |
Where the eye mixes dessine and dessinez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dessine vs dessinez
A purely visual mix-up. dessine (\de.sin\) and dessinez (\de.si.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dessine” sits inside “dessinez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessine is recorded at frequency rank #8,227, classified as averb, pronounced \de.sin\. dessinez is at rank #47,278, tagged as averb, 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 55505, this pair ranks #127,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dessine vs dessinez
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessine": -. Private to "dessinez": z.
"dessine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "dessinez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessine" and "dessinez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dessine" or "dessinez"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessine" and "dessinez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessina vs dessinez". 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 #127,066 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.