Which to use
“dies” and “digues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,980
- “dies” frequency rank
- #25,277
- “digues” frequency rank
- 60257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dies | digues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de die. | Pluriel de digue. |
Where the eye mixes dies and digues
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dies runs 4 letters (CVVC) against digues's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dies vs digues
A purely visual mix-up. dies (\daj\) and digues (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dies is recorded at frequency rank #34,980, classified as anoun, pronounced \daj\. digues is at rank #25,277, 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 60257, this pair ranks #98,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dies vs digues
Shared letters: deis. Private to "dies": -. Private to "digues": gu.
"dies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "digues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dies" and "digues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dies" vs "digues" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dies" and "digues" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "digues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dies" and "digues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dies vs diez". 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 #98,605 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.