Which to use
“dinde” and “dindes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,340
- “dinde” frequency rank
- #44,981
- “dindes” frequency rank
- 61321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dinde | dindes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femelle du dindon. | Pluriel de dinde. |
Same sound, different letters: dinde vs dindes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: dinde vs dindes
This is the hard kind. dinde and dindes are pronounced identically (\dɛ̃d\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dinde” sits inside “dindes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dinde is recorded at frequency rank #16,340, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɛ̃d\. dindes is at rank #44,981, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɛ̃d\.
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 61321, this pair ranks #92,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dinde vs dindes
Shared letters: dein. Private to "dinde": -. Private to "dindes": s.
"dinde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dindes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dinde" and "dindes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dinde" vs "dindes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "dinde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dindes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dinde" and "dindes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dindes vs dundee". 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 #92,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.