Which to use
“délires” and “dolores” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,161
- “délires” frequency rank
- #33,216
- “dolores” frequency rank
- 46377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | délires | dolores |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de délire. | Pluriel de dolor. |
Where the eye mixes délires and dolores
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. délires and dolores follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: délires vs dolores
A purely visual mix-up. délires (\de.liʁ\) and dolores (\doˈlo.ɾes\) 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 46377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
délires is recorded at frequency rank #13,161, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.liʁ\. dolores is at rank #33,216, tagged as anoun, pronounced \doˈlo.ɾes\.
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 46377, this pair ranks #195,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of délires vs dolores
Shared letters: delrs. Private to "délires": ié. Private to "dolores": o.
"délires" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dolores" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dolores ← ddolores · dloores · dollores · doloers · doloress · dolorres · dolorse · dolroes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "délires" for "dolores" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "délires" or "dolores" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "délires" and "dolores" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "délires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dolores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #195,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "délires" and "dolores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Delors vs dolores". 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 #195,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.