Which to use
“dictées” is a noun and “dicter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,211
- “dictées” frequency rank
- #20,113
- “dicter” frequency rank
- 53324
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dictées | dicter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dictée. | Prononcer plus ou moins lentement et à haute voix ce qu'on fait écrire au fur et à mesure par quelqu'un. |
Same sound, different letters: dictées vs dicter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. dictées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against dicter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - dictées / dicter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: dictées and dicter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dik.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dictées is recorded at frequency rank #33,211, classified as anoun, pronounced \dik.te\. dicter is at rank #20,113, tagged as averb, pronounced \dik.te\.
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 53324, this pair ranks #141,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dictées vs dicter
Shared letters: cdeit. Private to "dictées": sé. Private to "dicter": r.
"dictées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "dicter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dicter ← dciter · ddicter · diccter · dicetr · dicterr · dictre · dictter · ditcer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dictées" and "dicter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dictées" vs "dicter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dictées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dicter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dictées" and "dicter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dictées vs dictent". 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 #141,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.