Which to use
“dessinées” is an adjective and “dessinent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,122
- “dessinées” frequency rank
- #23,510
- “dessinent” frequency rank
- 38632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinées | dessinent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de dessiné. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. |
Where the eye mixes dessinées and dessinent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dessinées (CVCCVCVVC) and dessinent (CVCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between dessinées and dessinent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dessinées is \de.si.ne\ while dessinent is \de.sin\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessinées is recorded at frequency rank #15,122, classified as anadj, pronounced \de.si.ne\. dessinent is at rank #23,510, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.sin\.
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 38632, this pair ranks #253,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dessinées vs dessinent
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessinées": é. Private to "dessinent": t.
"dessinées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "dessinent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dessinent ← ddessinent · desinent · desisnent · dessiennt · dessinennt · dessinentt · dessinetn · dessinnent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessinées" and "dessinent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dessinées" or "dessinent"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,916 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinées" and "dessinent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessinent 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 #253,916 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.