disquevsdisseTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#23,298
“disque” frequency rank
#176
“disse” frequency rank
23474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disque disse
Definition serviço de atendimento telefônico para comércio ou consumo de produto de determinada natureza primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo dizer

Letter map: disque vs disse

Shared letters muted; letters that set disque and disse apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. disque runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against disse's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
disque
5 ch
disse

Role in the sentence - disque and disse

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: disque is anoun and disseaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disque is recorded at frequency rank #23,298, classified as anoun. disse is at rank #176, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʤi.se].

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 23474, this pair ranks #46,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disque vs disse

Shared letters: deis. Private to "disque": qu. Private to "disse": -.

"disque" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "disse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disque ← ddisque · diqsue · disqeu · disqque · dissque · disuqe · dsique · idsque
  • disse ← ddisse · dise · dises · dsise · idsse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disque" and "disse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "disque" is a noun and "disse" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "disque" or "disse"?
"disse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #176 in our Portuguese list, against #23,298 for "disque". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "disque" vs "disse" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "disque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disque" and "disse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disque vs disquete". 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 #46,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list