Which to use
“dîme” and “diode” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,076
- “dîme” frequency rank
- #46,698
- “diode” frequency rank
- 80774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dîme | diode |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Portion des grains, des vins, des fruits, etc., qui se payait à l’église, ou au seigneur du lieu, et qui en était ordinairement le dixième. | Composant électronique qui ne laisse passer le courant électrique que dans un sens (sauf pour la diode Zener). |
Where the eye mixes dîme and diode
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. dîme runs 4 letters (CVCV) against diode's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dîme vs diode
A purely visual mix-up. dîme (\dim\) and diode (\djɔd\) 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 80774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dîme is recorded at frequency rank #34,076, classified as anoun, pronounced \dim\. diode is at rank #46,698, tagged as anoun, pronounced \djɔd\.
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 80774, this pair ranks #20,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dîme vs diode
Shared letters: de. Private to "dîme": mî. Private to "diode": io.
"dîme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "diode" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- diode ← ddiode · didoe · diodde · dioed · doide · idode
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dîme" and "diode" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dîme" vs "diode" - which ranks higher?
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 "dîme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diode" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dîme" and "diode" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diode vs Dodd". 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 #20,171 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.