diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py
index 1ef238bdd5c..f5eb3e84a94 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def __init__(
         if any(isinstance(k, SupportsIndex) for k in self.__mapping.keys()):
             raise ValueError(
                 "values of `__keys` should not have type `int`, "
-                "or implements `__index__()`"
+                "or implement `__index__()`"
             )
 
     @overload
diff --git a/packages/syft/tests/syft/types/dicttuple_test.py b/packages/syft/tests/syft/types/dicttuple_test.py
index 8317e608a62..c6adf40f328 100644
--- a/packages/syft/tests/syft/types/dicttuple_test.py
+++ b/packages/syft/tests/syft/types/dicttuple_test.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Collection
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from collections.abc import Mapping
+from functools import cached_property
 from itertools import chain
 from itertools import combinations
 from typing import Any
@@ -89,7 +90,6 @@ class Case(Generic[_KT, _VT]):
     key_fn: Optional[Callable[[_VT], _KT]]
     value_generator: Callable[[], Generator[_VT, Any, None]]
     key_generator: Callable[[], Generator[_KT, Any, None]]
-    mapping: Mapping[_KT, _VT]
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -114,19 +114,27 @@ def key_generator() -> Generator[_KT, Any, None]:
         self.value_generator = value_generator
         self.key_generator = key_generator
 
-        self.mapping = dict(zip(self.keys, self.values))
-
     def kv(self) -> Iterable[tuple[_KT, _VT]]:
         return zip(self.keys, self.values)
 
-    def constructor_args(self) -> list[Callable[[], tuple]]:
+    @cached_property
+    def mapping(self) -> Mapping[_KT, _VT]:
+        return dict(self.kv())
+
+    def constructor_args(self, mapping: bool = True) -> list[Callable[[], tuple]]:
         return [
             lambda: (self.values, self.keys),
             lambda: (self.value_generator(), self.key_generator()),
             lambda: (self.values, self.key_generator()),
             lambda: (self.value_generator(), self.keys),
-            lambda: (self.mapping,),
-            lambda: (self.kv(),),
+            *(
+                [
+                    lambda: (self.mapping,),
+                    lambda: (self.kv(),),
+                ]
+                if mapping
+                else []
+            ),
             *(
                 [
                     lambda: (self.values, self.key_fn),
@@ -207,3 +215,20 @@ def test_dicttuple_is_not_a_mapping(
 def test_keys_should_not_be_int(args: Callable[[], tuple]) -> None:
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="int"):
         DictTuple(*args())
+
+
+LENGTH_MISMACTH_TEST_CASES = [
+    Case(values=[1, 2, 3], keys=["x", "y"]),
+    Case(values=[1, 2], keys=["x", "y", "z"]),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "args",
+    chain.from_iterable(
+        c.constructor_args(mapping=False) for c in LENGTH_MISMACTH_TEST_CASES
+    ),
+)
+def test_keys_and_values_should_have_same_length(args: Callable[[], tuple]) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="length"):
+        DictTuple(*args())