# doze vs Druze

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### doze
*verb · IPA /doʊz/ · frequency rank #44,749*
To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

### Druze
*noun · IPA /ˈdruːz/ · frequency rank #48,715*
A member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/doze-vs-druze