# diff vs dir

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### diff
*adjective · IPA \dif\ · frequency rank #25,968*
Difficile.

### dir
*pronoun · IPA \diːɐ̯\ · frequency rank #8,530*
Toi : deuxième personne du singulier au datif.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/diff-vs-dir