Which to use
“dice” and “doge” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,417
- “dice” frequency rank
- #34,985
- “doge” frequency rank
- 79402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dice | doge |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de die. Dés à jouer. | Nom de la dignité du chef des anciennes républiques de Venise et de Gênes, élu parmi les familles aristocratiques de la ville. |
Where the eye mixes dice and doge
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. dice and doge follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between dice and doge
A purely visual mix-up. dice (\ˈdaɪs\) and doge (\dɔʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79402, 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\. doge is at rank #34,985, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔʒ\.
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 79402, this pair ranks #23,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dice vs doge
Shared letters: de. Private to "dice": ci. Private to "doge": go.
"dice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "doge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dice" for "doge" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dice" vs "doge" - which ranks higher?
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 "doge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,379 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dice" and "doge" 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 #23,379 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.