Which to use
“dîme” is a noun and “doive” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,076
- “dîme” frequency rank
- #14,452
- “doive” frequency rank
- 48528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dîme | doive |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Portion des grains, des vins, des fruits, etc., qui se payait à l’église, ou au seigneur du lieu, et qui en était ordinairement le dixième. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de devoir. |
Where the eye mixes dîme and doive
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dîme vs doive
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dîme is \dim\ while doive is \dwav\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dîme is recorded at frequency rank #34,076, classified as anoun, pronounced \dim\. doive is at rank #14,452, tagged as averb, pronounced \dwav\.
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 48528, this pair ranks #178,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dîme vs doive
Shared letters: de. Private to "dîme": mî. Private to "doive": iov.
"dîme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "doive" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- doive ← ddoive · diove · doiev · doivve · dovie · odive
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dîme" for "doive" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "dîme" or "doive" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dîme" and "doive" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dîme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dîme" and "doive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dîme 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 #178,206 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.