# dire vs dry

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### dire
*verb · IPA \diʁ\ · frequency rank #101*
Exprimer par la parole.

### dry
*adjective · IPA \dʁaj\ · frequency rank #29,733*
Sec.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/dire-vs-dry