Which to use
“disent” and “dises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,024
- “disent” frequency rank
- #20,115
- “dises” frequency rank
- 21139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disent | dises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dire. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dire. |
Same sound, different letters: disent vs dises
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. disent runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against dises's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - disent / dises
This is the hard kind. disent and dises are pronounced identically (\diz\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disent is recorded at frequency rank #1,024, classified as averb, pronounced \diz\. 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 21139, this pair ranks #364,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disent vs dises
Shared letters: deis. Private to "disent": nt. Private to "dises": -.
"disent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "dises" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "disent" for "dises" ever safe?
Which is more common, "disent" or "dises"?
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 "disent" 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 #364,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disent" and "dises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diez vs dises". 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 #364,658 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.