Which to use
“digue” and “dine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,169
- “digue” frequency rank
- #37,761
- “dine” frequency rank
- 55930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digue | dine |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Daine (femelle du daim). |
Where the eye mixes digue and dine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. digue runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against dine's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses digue with dine
A purely visual mix-up. digue (\diɡ\) and dine (\din\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55930, 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\. dine is at rank #37,761, tagged as anoun, pronounced \din\.
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 55930, this pair ranks #124,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digue vs dine
Shared letters: dei. Private to "digue": gu. Private to "dine": n.
"digue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "dine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digue" and "dine" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "digue" or "dine"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "digue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digue" and "dine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dine vs djinn". 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 #124,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.