dessinez vs dessins, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“dessinez” is a verb and “dessins” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,278
“dessinez” frequency rank: #3,247
“dessins” frequency rank: 50525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dessinez	dessins
Definition	Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner.	Pluriel de dessin.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set dessinez and dessins apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

dessinez

7 ch

dessins

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dessinez is \de.si.ne\ while dessins is \de.sɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dessinez is recorded at frequency rank #47,278, classified as averb, pronounced \de.si.ne\. dessins is at rank #3,247, tagged as anoun, pronounced \de.sɛ̃\.

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 50525, this pair ranks #161,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dessinez vs dessins

Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessinez": z. Private to "dessins": -.

"dessinez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "dessins" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

dessinez ← ddessinez · desinez · desisnez · dessienz · dessinezz · dessinnez · dessinze · dessniez
dessins ← ddessins · desins · desisns · dessinns · dessinss · dessisn · dessnis · dsesins

Frequency comparison

dessinez#47,278

dessins#3,247

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dessinez" and "dessins" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dessinez" is a verb and "dessins" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "dessinez" or "dessins"?

"dessins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,247 in our French list, against #47,278 for "dessinez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering dessinez vs dessins

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “dessinez”; for a noun, it's “dessins”.
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