Which to use
“digues” and “disques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,277
- “digues” frequency rank
- #5,548
- “disques” frequency rank
- 30825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digues | disques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de digue. | Pluriel de disque. |
Where the eye mixes digues and disques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between digues and disques
A purely visual mix-up. digues (\diɡ\) and disques (\disk\) 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 30825, 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\. disques is at rank #5,548, tagged as anoun, pronounced \disk\.
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 30825, this pair ranks #307,744 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of digues vs disques
Shared letters: deisu. Private to "digues": g. Private to "disques": q.
"digues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "disques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "digues" and "disques" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "digues" or "disques"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "digues" and "disques" 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 "disques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,744 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digues" and "disques" 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 #307,744 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.