DorevsdothConfusable pair

Quick tell: Dore is a name, doth is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Dore” is a name and “doth” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,586
“Dore” frequency rank
#24,145
“doth” frequency rank
71731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dore doth
Definition A diminutive of the male given name Isidore. third-person singular simple present indicative of do

Letter map: Dore vs doth

Shared letters muted; letters that set Dore and doth apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Dore
4 ch
doth

Grammar separator: Dore vs doth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Dore is aname and dothaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dore is recorded at frequency rank #47,586, classified as aname. doth is at rank #24,145, tagged as averb, pronounced /dʌθ/.

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 71731, this pair ranks #45,637 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Dore vs doth

Shared letters: do. Private to "Dore": er. Private to "doth": ht.

"Dore" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "doth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Doreddore · dorre · droe
  • dothddoth · doht · dothh · dotth · dtoh · odth

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Dore" for "doth" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Dore" is a name and "doth" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Dore" or "doth" show up more?
"doth" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,145 in our English list, against #47,586 for "Dore". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Dore" vs "doth" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,637 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dore" and "doth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dore vs dox". 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 #45,637 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list