Which to use
“dessinez” and “devinez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,278
- “dessinez” frequency rank
- #13,567
- “devinez” frequency rank
- 60845
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dessinez | devinez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de deviner. |
Where the eye mixes dessinez and devinez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dessinez runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against devinez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dessinez with devinez
A purely visual mix-up. dessinez (\de.si.ne\) and devinez (\də.vi.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 60845, 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\. devinez is at rank #13,567, tagged as averb, pronounced \də.vi.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 60845, this pair ranks #95,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dessinez vs devinez
Shared letters: deinz. Private to "dessinez": s. Private to "devinez": v.
"dessinez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "devinez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dessinez" and "devinez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dessinez" or "devinez" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dessinez" and "devinez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dessinez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devinez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dessinez" and "devinez" 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 #95,490 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.