diosvsdisesTell them apart

Quick tell: dios is a noun, dises is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dios” is a noun and “dises” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,383
“dios” frequency rank
#20,115
“dises” frequency rank
63498
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dios dises
Definition Dieu. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dire.

Letter map: dios vs dises

Shared letters muted; letters that set dios and dises apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dios runs 4 letters (CVVC) against dises's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
dios
5 ch
dises

Part-of-speech tell for dios / dises

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dios is anoun and disesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dios is recorded at frequency rank #43,383, classified as anoun. dises is at rank #20,115, tagged as averb, pronounced \diz\.

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 63498, this pair ranks #81,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dios vs dises

Shared letters: dis. Private to "dios": o. Private to "dises": e.

"dios" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "dises" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dios ← ddios · dioss · diso · idos
  • dises ← ddises · diess · disess · disses · dsies · idses

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dios" and "dises" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dios" is a noun and "dises" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "dios" or "dises" show up more?
"dises" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,115 in our French list, against #43,383 for "dios". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "dios" vs "dises" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dios" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dios" and "dises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diez vs dios". 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 #81,656 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