doute

\dut\

/\dut\/ noun

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The verdict

“doute” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#489
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doute · doute · French

doute · rank #489 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #489
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH allez

Nearest frequency peer: allez (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « doute »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « doute » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

doute vs due
60% similar
doute vs dure
60% similar
doute vs doux
60% similar

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

Key facts for doute
PropertyValue
Headworddoute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dut\
Letters5
Frequency rank#489
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « doute »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « allez » (#488), « force » (#490), « époque » (#487). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doute » est au #489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around doute (IPA \dut\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #489 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for doute, with forms such as "ddoute", "dotue", and "douet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "dure", "doux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is doute, spelled D-O-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation.
  2. 2
    Méthode par laquelle l’esprit, suspendant son jugement, ne reçoit pour vrai que ce qu’il connaît évidemment être tel.
  3. 3
    État d’esprit de celui qui doute des vérités de la religion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la connaissance des choses humaines, notre esprit ne doit jamais se rendre esclave en s'assujettissant aux fantaisies d'autruy. Il faut étendre la liberté de son jugement, et ne rien mettre dans sa tête par aucune autorité purement humaine. Quand on nous propose la diversité des opinions, il faut choisir s'il y a lieu ; sinon, il faut demeurer dans l…
  2. Mais lorsque Aimery mit pied à terre sur le trottoir de la gare, il lui resta encore un peu de doute, c'est à dire une espérance.

Synonyms

doutancesoupçon

Antonyms

certitude

This word in other languages

doubt(English)duda(Español)Bedenken(Deutsch)dúvida(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoute
  • dotue
  • douet
  • doutte
  • duote
  • odute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddoute1dotue2douet2doutte1duote2odute2
Edit distance from "doute"

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 "doute"?
"doute" is spelled D-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dut\.
What does "doute" mean?
As a noun, "doute" means: Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation.
What words are commonly confused with "doute"?
"doute" is commonly confused with "due", "dure", "doux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doute" is \dut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doute" come from?
"doute" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

allez#488force#490peine#483parmi#482

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

jouer6 variantsfond6 variantsvoilà6 variantsenvie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list