Which to use
“dessinées” is an adjective and “dessinez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,122
- “dessinées” frequency rank
- #47,278
- “dessinez” frequency rank
- 62400
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinées | dessinez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de dessiné. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. |
Same sound, different letters: dessinées vs dessinez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dessinées runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against dessinez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - dessinées and dessinez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dessinées and dessinez 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 62400, 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\. dessinez is at rank #47,278, 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 62400, this pair ranks #87,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dessinées vs dessinez
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessinées": é. Private to "dessinez": z.
"dessinées" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "dessinez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dessinez ← ddessinez · desinez · desisnez · dessienz · dessinezz · dessinnez · dessinze · dessniez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessinées" and "dessinez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinées" and "dessinez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dessina 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 #87,322 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.