Which to use
“dessiner” and “dessinez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,300
- “dessiner” frequency rank
- #47,278
- “dessinez” frequency rank
- 54578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessiner | dessinez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Représenter, reproduire par le dessin. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. |
Same sound, different letters: dessiner vs dessinez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. dessiner and dessinez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - dessiner and dessinez
This is the hard kind. dessiner and dessinez are pronounced identically (\de.si.ne\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “dessiner” becomes z in “dessinez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dessiner is recorded at frequency rank #7,300, classified as averb, 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 54578, this pair ranks #133,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dessiner vs dessinez
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessiner": r. Private to "dessinez": z.
"dessiner" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "dessinez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dessiner" and "dessinez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dessiner" vs "dessinez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"dessiner" and "dessinez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessiner" 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 #133,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessiner" 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 #133,093 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.