Which to use
“dessinée” and “destinées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,374
- “dessinée” frequency rank
- #5,746
- “destinées” frequency rank
- 14120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinée | destinées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dessiné. | Féminin pluriel de destiné. |
Where the eye mixes dessinée and destinées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dessinée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against destinées's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dessinée vs destinées
A purely visual mix-up. dessinée (\de.si.ne\) and destinées (\dɛs.ti.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessinée is recorded at frequency rank #8,374, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.si.ne\. destinées is at rank #5,746, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɛs.ti.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 14120, this pair ranks #398,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dessinée vs destinées
Shared letters: deinsé. Private to "dessinée": -. Private to "destinées": t.
"dessinée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "destinées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dessinée" for "destinées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dessinée" or "destinées"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dessinée" and "destinées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "destinées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinée" and "destinées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessina vs dessinée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #398,097 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.