Which to use
“dessine” is a verb and “destins” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,227
- “dessine” frequency rank
- #20,692
- “destins” frequency rank
- 28919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessine | destins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. | Pluriel de destin. |
Where the eye mixes dessine and destins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dessine (CVCCVCV) and destins (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: dessine vs destins
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dessine is \de.sin\ while destins is \dɛs.tɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28919, 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\. 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 28919, this pair ranks #319,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dessine vs destins
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessine": -. Private to "destins": t.
"dessine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "destins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessine" and "destins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dessine" or "destins" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dessine" and "destins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessine" 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 #319,824 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessine" and "destins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessina vs destins". 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 #319,824 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.