Which to use
“débouté” and “doute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,395
- “débouté” frequency rank
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- 43884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | débouté | doute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rejet d’une demande faite en justice. | Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation. |
Where the eye mixes débouté and doute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. débouté runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against doute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between débouté and doute
A purely visual mix-up. débouté (\de.bu.te\) and doute (\dut\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
débouté is recorded at frequency rank #43,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.bu.te\. doute is at rank #489, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dut\.
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 43884, this pair ranks #214,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of débouté vs doute
Shared letters: dotu. Private to "débouté": bé. Private to "doute": e.
"débouté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- doute ← ddoute · dotue · douet · doutte · duote · odute
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "débouté" and "doute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "débouté" or "doute" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "débouté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #214,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "débouté" and "doute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "débouté vs dérouter". 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 #214,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.