Which to use
“digues” and “dires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,277
- “digues” frequency rank
- #11,949
- “dires” frequency rank
- 37226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digues | dires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de digue. | Pluriel de dire. |
Where the eye mixes digues and dires
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: digues vs dires
A purely visual mix-up. digues (\diɡ\) and dires (\diʁ\) 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 37226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digues is recorded at frequency rank #25,277, classified as anoun, pronounced \diɡ\. dires is at rank #11,949, tagged as anoun, pronounced \diʁ\.
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 37226, this pair ranks #263,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digues vs dires
Shared letters: deis. Private to "digues": gu. Private to "dires": r.
"digues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "dires" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digues" and "dires" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "digues" or "dires"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "digues" and "dires" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "digues" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digues" and "dires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digues vs dragues". 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 #263,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.