Which to use
“dîme” and “div” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,076
- “dîme” frequency rank
- #27,407
- “div” frequency rank
- 61483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dîme | div |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Type de balise HTML servant à délimiter un bloc de texte d’une ou plusieurs lignes. |
Where the eye mixes dîme and div
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Visual trap between dîme and div
A purely visual mix-up. dîme (\dim\) and div (\div\) 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 61483, 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\. div is at rank #27,407, tagged as anoun, pronounced \div\.
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 61483, this pair ranks #92,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dîme vs div
Shared letters: d. Private to "dîme": emî. Private to "div": iv.
"dîme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "div" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dîme" and "div" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dîme" vs "div" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dîme" and "div" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dîme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "div" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dîme" and "div" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dîme vs domi". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #92,006 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.