Which to use
“dégaine” and “domaine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,740
- “dégaine” frequency rank
- #803
- “domaine” frequency rank
- 30543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dégaine | domaine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tournure ; façon de se tenir ; allure. | Propriété d’une assez vaste étendue et contenant des biens-fonds de diverse nature. |
Where the eye mixes dégaine and domaine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dégaine and domaine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between dégaine and domaine
A purely visual mix-up. dégaine (\de.ɡɛn\) and domaine (\dɔ.mɛn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dégaine is recorded at frequency rank #29,740, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.ɡɛn\. domaine is at rank #803, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.mɛn\.
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 30543, this pair ranks #309,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dégaine vs domaine
Shared letters: adein. Private to "dégaine": gé. Private to "domaine": mo.
"dégaine" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "domaine" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- domaine ← ddomaine · dmoaine · doamine · domaien · domainne · domanie · domiane · dommaine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dégaine" for "domaine" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dégaine" or "domaine"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dégaine" and "domaine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dégaine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "domaine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #309,595 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dégaine" and "domaine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dégaine vs draine". 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 #309,595 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.