dativsdoiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dati is a verb, doi is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dati” is a verb and “doi” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,122
“dati” frequency rank
#27,038
“doi” frequency rank
57160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dati doi
Definition Donner. Cas sujet de deus.

Letter map: dati vs doi

Shared letters muted; letters that set dati and doi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
dati
3 ch
doi

Part-of-speech tell for dati / doi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dati is averb and doianadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dati is recorded at frequency rank #30,122, classified as averb. doi is at rank #27,038, tagged as anadj.

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 57160, this pair ranks #116,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dati vs doi

Shared letters: di. Private to "dati": at. Private to "doi": o.

"dati" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "doi" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • datiadti · dait · datti · ddati · dtai

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dati" and "doi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dati" is a verb and "doi" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dati" or "doi"?
"doi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,038 in our French list, against #30,122 for "dati". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "dati" and "doi". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dati" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,704 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dati" and "doi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dati vs DCI". 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 #116,704 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list