dindonsvsdisionsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: dindons is a adjective, disions is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dindons” is an adjective and “disions” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,697
“dindons” frequency rank
#42,286
“disions” frequency rank
88983
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dindons disions
Definition Masculin pluriel de dindon. Première personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de dire.

Where the eye mixes dindons and disions

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
dindons
7 ch
disions

Visual trap between dindons and disions

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dindons is \dɛ̃.dɔ̃\ while disions is \di.zjɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88983, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dindons is recorded at frequency rank #46,697, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɛ̃.dɔ̃\. disions is at rank #42,286, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.zjɔ̃\.

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 88983, this pair ranks #6,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dindons vs disions

Shared letters: dinos. Private to "dindons": -. Private to "disions": -.

"dindons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "disions" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dindonsddindons · didnons · dinddons · dindnos · dindonns · dindonss · dindosn · dinndons
  • disionsddisions · diisons · disinos · disionns · disionss · disiosn · disoins · dissions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dindons" and "disions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dindons" is an adjective and "disions" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dindons" vs "disions" - which ranks higher?
"disions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,286 in our French list, against #46,697 for "dindons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dindons" and "disions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dindons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dindons" and "disions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dindes vs dindons". 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 #6,315 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list