Which to use
“dice” and “dico” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,417
- “dice” frequency rank
- #28,913
- “dico” frequency rank
- 73330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dice | dico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de die. Dés à jouer. | Dictionnaire. |
Where the eye mixes dice and dico
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dice and dico follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses dice with dico
A purely visual mix-up. dice (\ˈdaɪs\) and dico (\di.ko\) 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 a single letter - e in “dice” becomes o in “dico”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dice is recorded at frequency rank #44,417, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈdaɪs\. dico is at rank #28,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced \di.ko\.
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 73330, this pair ranks #40,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dice vs dico
Shared letters: cdi. Private to "dice": e. Private to "dico": o.
"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dico" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dice" and "dico" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dice" vs "dico" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dice" and "dico" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,852 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dice" and "dico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs dice". 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 #40,852 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.