DavisvsDavosConfusable pair

Which to use

“Davis” and “Davos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,491
“Davis” frequency rank
#27,398
“Davos” frequency rank
33889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Davis Davos
Definition Nom de famille anglophone. Ville du canton des Grisons en Suisse.

Letter map: Davis vs Davos

Shared letters muted; letters that set Davis and Davos apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Davis
5 ch
Davos

Corpus notes: Davis and Davos

Davis and Davos are indexed as a confusable French 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 a single letter - i in “Davis” becomes o in “Davos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Davis is recorded at frequency rank #6,491, classified as aname. Davos is at rank #27,398, tagged as aname.

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 33889, this pair ranks #287,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Davis vs Davos

Shared letters: adsv. Private to "Davis": i. Private to "Davos": o.

"Davis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Davos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Davisadvis · daivs · daviss · davsi · davvis · ddavis · dvais
  • Davosadvos · daovs · davoss · davso · davvos · ddavos · dvaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Davis" and "Davos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - i in “Davis” becomes o in “Davos”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Davis" vs "Davos" - which ranks higher?
"Davis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,491 in our French list, against #27,398 for "Davos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Davis" vs "Davos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Davis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Davos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #287,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Davis" and "Davos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dabo vs Davos". 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 #287,596 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