Which to use
“dessinez” and “destiné” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,278
- “dessinez” frequency rank
- #3,066
- “destiné” frequency rank
- 50344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinez | destiné |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe destiner. |
Where the eye mixes dessinez and destiné
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dessinez runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against destiné's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dessinez vs destiné
A purely visual mix-up. dessinez (\de.si.ne\) and destiné (\dɛs.ti.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 50344, 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\. destiné is at rank #3,066, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɛs.ti.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 50344, this pair ranks #163,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dessinez vs destiné
Shared letters: deins. Private to "dessinez": z. Private to "destiné": té.
"dessinez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "destiné" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dessinez ← ddessinez · desinez · desisnez · dessienz · dessinezz · dessinnez · dessinze · dessniez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessinez" and "destiné" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dessinez" vs "destiné" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "destiné" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinez" and "destiné" 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 #163,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.