Which to use
“dice” and “dires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,417
- “dice” frequency rank
- #11,949
- “dires” frequency rank
- 56366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dice | dires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de die. Dés à jouer. | Pluriel de dire. |
Where the eye mixes dice and dires
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dice runs 4 letters (CVCV) against dires's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dice vs dires
A purely visual mix-up. dice (\ˈdaɪs\) and dires (\diʁ\) 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 56366, 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\. dires is at rank #11,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced \diʁ\.
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 56366, this pair ranks #121,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dice vs dires
Shared letters: dei. Private to "dice": c. Private to "dires": rs.
"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dires" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dice" and "dires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dice" or "dires" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dice" and "dires" 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 "dires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dice" and "dires" 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 #121,524 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.