Which to use
“doubles” is a noun and “doubted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,414
- “doubles” frequency rank
- #16,218
- “doubted” frequency rank
- 24632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doubles | doubted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a game between pairs of players | Considered doubtful; not trusted; uncertain. |
Letter map: doubles vs doubted
Shared letters muted; letters that set doubles and doubted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for doubles / doubted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doubles is anoun and doubtedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doubles is recorded at frequency rank #8,414, classified as anoun. doubted is at rank #16,218, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈdaʊtɪd/.
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 24632, this pair ranks #400,550 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doubles vs doubted
Shared letters: bdeou. Private to "doubles": ls. Private to "doubted": t.
"doubles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "doubted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doubles" and "doubted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "doubles" or "doubted"?
Useful next steps
Pair "doubles" vs "doubted" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "doubles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doubted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,550 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doubles" and "doubted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doubted vs dusted". 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 #400,550 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.