Which to use
“dessinées” is an adjective and “dessiner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,122
- “dessinées” frequency rank
- #7,300
- “dessiner” frequency rank
- 22422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinées | dessiner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de dessiné. | Représenter, reproduire par le dessin. |
Same sound, different letters: dessinées vs dessiner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: dessinées vs dessiner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dessinées and dessiner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \de.si.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22422, 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\. dessiner is at rank #7,300, 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 22422, this pair ranks #358,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dessinées vs dessiner
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessinées": é. Private to "dessiner": r.
"dessinées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "dessiner" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dessiner ← ddessiner · desiner · desisner · dessienr · dessinerr · dessinner · dessinre · dessnier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dessinées" for "dessiner" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dessinées" vs "dessiner" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "dessinées" / "dessiner". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessiner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,052 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinées" and "dessiner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessinées 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 #358,052 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.