Which to use
“dob” and “doze” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,170
- “dob” frequency rank
- #44,749
- “doze” frequency rank
- 88919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dob | doze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To report a person to someone in authority for a wrongdoing. (For transitive forms see dob in, dob on.) | To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze. |
Where the eye mixes dob and doze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. dob runs 3 letters (CVC) against doze's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dob vs doze
A purely visual mix-up. dob (/dɑb/) and doze (/doʊz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dob is recorded at frequency rank #44,170, classified as averb, pronounced /dɑb/. doze is at rank #44,749, tagged as averb, pronounced /doʊz/.
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 88919, this pair ranks #5,753 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dob vs doze
Shared letters: do. Private to "dob": b. Private to "doze": ez.
"dob" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "doze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- doze ← ddoze · doez · dozze · dzoe · odze
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dob" and "doze" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dob" or "doze"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dob" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,753 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dob" and "doze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dox vs doze". 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 #5,753 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.