Which to use
“dessinée” and “dissipée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,374
- “dessinée” frequency rank
- #47,289
- “dissipée” frequency rank
- 55663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinée | dissipée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de dessiné. | Féminin singulier de dissipé. |
Where the eye mixes dessinée and dissipée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dessinée and dissipée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dessinée vs dissipée
A purely visual mix-up. dessinée (\de.si.ne\) and dissipée (\di.si.pe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55663, 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\. dissipée is at rank #47,289, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.si.pe\.
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 55663, this pair ranks #126,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dessinée vs dissipée
Shared letters: deisé. Private to "dessinée": n. Private to "dissipée": p.
"dessinée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "dissipée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dessinée" for "dissipée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dessinée" or "dissipée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dessinée" and "dissipée" 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 "dissipée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinée" and "dissipée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dissipe vs dissipée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #126,033 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.