Which to use
“degré” and “dogme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,871
- “degré” frequency rank
- #14,658
- “dogme” frequency rank
- 17529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degré | dogme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace compris entre deux marches d’un escalier. | Vérité indiscutable définie par l’autorité compétente ; objet de foi. |
Where the eye mixes degré and dogme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses degré with dogme
A purely visual mix-up. degré (\də.ɡʁe\) and dogme (\dɔɡm\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degré is recorded at frequency rank #2,871, classified as anoun, pronounced \də.ɡʁe\. dogme is at rank #14,658, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔɡm\.
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 17529, this pair ranks #382,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of degré vs dogme
Shared letters: deg. Private to "degré": ré. Private to "dogme": mo.
"degré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dogme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dogme ← ddogme · dgome · dogem · doggme · dogmme · domge · odgme
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "degré" for "dogme" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "degré" or "dogme" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "degré" and "dogme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "degré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dogme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,712 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degré" and "dogme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dogme vs domi". 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 #382,712 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.