deusvsdomusConfusable pair

Quick tell: deus is a adjective, domus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“deus” is an adjective and “domus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,168
“deus” frequency rank
#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
67058
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deus domus
Definition Deux. Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Letter map: deus vs domus

Shared letters muted; letters that set deus and domus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
deus
5 ch
domus

Part-of-speech tell for deus / domus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deus is anadjective and domusanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deus is recorded at frequency rank #23,168, classified as anadj, pronounced \dœs\. domus is at rank #43,890, tagged as anoun.

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 67058, this pair ranks #65,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of deus vs domus

Shared letters: dsu. Private to "deus": e. Private to "domus": mo.

"deus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deusddeus · desu · deuss · edus
  • domusddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "deus" and "domus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "deus" is an adjective and "domus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "deus" or "domus" show up more?
"deus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,168 in our French list, against #43,890 for "domus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "deus" vs "domus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deus" and "domus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs domus". 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 #65,090 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