Which to use
“doubles” and “doubts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,414
- “doubles” frequency rank
- #7,677
- “doubts” frequency rank
- 16091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doubles | doubts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | a game between pairs of players | plural of doubt |
Letter map: doubles vs doubts
Shared letters muted; letters that set doubles and doubts apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. doubles runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against doubts's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on doubles vs doubts
doubles and doubts are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doubles is recorded at frequency rank #8,414, classified as anoun. doubts is at rank #7,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced /daʊts/.
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 16091, this pair ranks #459,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doubles vs doubts
Shared letters: bdosu. Private to "doubles": el. Private to "doubts": t.
"doubles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "doubts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doubles" and "doubts" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "doubles" vs "doubts" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "doubles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doubts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #459,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doubles" and "doubts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "don'ts vs doubts". 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 #459,975 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.