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“dessinent” and “dessinez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,510
- “dessinent” frequency rank
- #47,278
- “dessinez” frequency rank
- 70788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinent | dessinez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. |
Where the eye mixes dessinent and dessinez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dessinent runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against dessinez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dessinent vs dessinez
A purely visual mix-up. dessinent (\de.sin\) and dessinez (\de.si.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 70788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessinent is recorded at frequency rank #23,510, classified as averb, pronounced \de.sin\. 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 70788, this pair ranks #50,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dessinent vs dessinez
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessinent": t. Private to "dessinez": z.
"dessinent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "dessinez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessinent" and "dessinez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "dessinent" 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 #50,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinent" 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 #50,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.