Which to use
“dice” and “dièse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,417
- “dice” frequency rank
- #33,643
- “dièse” frequency rank
- 78060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dice | dièse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de die. Dés à jouer. | Symbole graphique, formé de deux doubles barres croisées, (♯) appartenant à la famille des altérations et dont la fonction est d’indiquer sur la partition, que la hauteur naturelle de la note associée à ce dièse, ou à la clef, sur la ligne où se place la note, doit être élevée d’un demi-ton chromatique. |
Where the eye mixes dice and dièse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dice runs 4 letters (CVCV) against dièse's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dice vs dièse
A purely visual mix-up. dice (\ˈdaɪs\) and dièse (\djɛz\) 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 78060, 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\. dièse is at rank #33,643, tagged as anoun, pronounced \djɛz\.
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 78060, this pair ranks #26,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dice vs dièse
Shared letters: dei. Private to "dice": c. Private to "dièse": sè.
"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dièse" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dice ← dcie · ddice · dicce · diec · idce
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "dice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dièse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dice" and "dièse" 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 #26,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.