Which to use
“dice” and “digue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,417
- “dice” frequency rank
- #18,169
- “digue” frequency rank
- 62586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dice | digue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de die. Dés à jouer. | Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer. |
Where the eye mixes dice and digue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dice runs 4 letters (CVCV) against digue's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dice vs digue
A purely visual mix-up. dice (\ˈdaɪs\) and digue (\diɡ\) 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 62586, 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\. digue is at rank #18,169, tagged as anoun, pronounced \diɡ\.
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 62586, this pair ranks #86,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dice vs digue
Shared letters: dei. Private to "dice": c. Private to "digue": gu.
"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "digue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dice" and "digue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dice" or "digue" show up more?
What to do next
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 "digue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,330 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dice" and "digue" 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 #86,330 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.