Which to use
“digue” and “drogue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,169
- “digue” frequency rank
- #2,772
- “drogue” frequency rank
- 20941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digue | drogue |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Substance psychotrope provoquant le plus souvent une dépendance et utilisée pour modifier son état mental, en particulier substance illégale dont l’usage est réprouvé. |
Where the eye mixes digue and drogue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between digue and drogue
A purely visual mix-up. digue (\diɡ\) and drogue (\dʁɔɡ\) 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 20941, 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\. drogue is at rank #2,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɔɡ\.
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 20941, this pair ranks #365,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digue vs drogue
Shared letters: degu. Private to "digue": i. Private to "drogue": or.
"digue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "drogue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digue" and "drogue" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "digue" vs "drogue" - 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 "drogue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,678 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digue" and "drogue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digue vs diode". 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 #365,678 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.