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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "deus" and "domus" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "deus" or "domus" show up more?
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.