Dose

\ˈdoːzə\

/\ˈdoːzə\/ noun

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The verdict

“Dose” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,324) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,324
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boîte de conserve, canette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dose · Dose · French

Dose · rank #4,324 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,324
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH donnera

Nearest frequency peer: donnera (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Dose »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Dose » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Dose vs Ds
50% similar
Dose vs due
25% similar
Dose vs dus
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Dose
PropertyValue
HeadwordDose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdoːzə\
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,324
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Dose »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Dosese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « donnera » (#4,323), « diffusé » (#4,322), « défenseur » (#4,326). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dose » est au #4,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Dose is neighbouring look-alikes ("Ds", "due", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ˈdoːzə\. Frequency #4,324 among 5,307 “D” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dose, with forms such as "ddose", "dosse", and "dsoe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ds", "due", "dus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Dose, spelled D-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boîte de conserve, canette.
  2. 2
    Prise électrique femelle
  3. 3
    Vulve, chatte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Dose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Nahrungsmittel sind in der Dose konserviert.
  2. Ich trinke lieber aus der Dose.

Synonyms

BüchseSteckdose

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddose
  • dosse
  • dsoe
  • odse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dose - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddose1dosse1dsoe2odse2
Edit distance from "Dose"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dose"?
"Dose" is spelled D-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdoːzə\.
What does "Dose" mean?
As a noun, "Dose" means: Boîte de conserve, canette.
What words are commonly confused with "Dose"?
"Dose" is commonly confused with "Ds", "due", "dus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dose" is \ˈdoːzə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dose" come from?
"Dose" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dose", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bite#4,312ours#4,358sons#4,287rois#4,283

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list