Which to use
“digue” and “dinde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,169
- “digue” frequency rank
- #16,340
- “dinde” frequency rank
- 34509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digue | dinde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer. | Femelle du dindon. |
Where the eye mixes digue and dinde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: digue vs dinde
A purely visual mix-up. digue (\diɡ\) and dinde (\dɛ̃d\) 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 34509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digue is recorded at frequency rank #18,169, classified as anoun, pronounced \diɡ\. dinde is at rank #16,340, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɛ̃d\.
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 34509, this pair ranks #283,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digue vs dinde
Shared letters: dei. Private to "digue": gu. Private to "dinde": n.
"digue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "dinde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "digue" for "dinde" ever safe?
Frequency check: "digue" vs "dinde" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "digue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dinde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #283,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digue" and "dinde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dinde vs dundee". 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 #283,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.