Which to use
“dingue” and “dingues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,452
- “dingue” frequency rank
- #23,512
- “dingues” frequency rank
- 26964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dingue | dingues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fou, fada. | Pluriel de dingue |
Same sound, different letters: dingue vs dingues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. dingue and dingues are pronounced identically (\dɛ̃ɡ\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “dingue” sits inside “dingues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dingue is recorded at frequency rank #3,452, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɛ̃ɡ\. dingues is at rank #23,512, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɛ̃ɡ\.
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 26964, this pair ranks #331,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dingue vs dingues
Shared letters: deginu. Private to "dingue": -. Private to "dingues": s.
"dingue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "dingues" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC