dîmesvsdomusWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“dîmes” and “domus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,760
“dîmes” frequency rank
#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
85650
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dîmes domus
Definition Pluriel de dîme. Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Letter map: dîmes vs domus

Shared letters muted; letters that set dîmes and domus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dîmes and domus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
dîmes
5 ch
domus

Spelling & dictionary notes on dîmes vs domus

dîmes and domus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dîmes is recorded at frequency rank #41,760, classified as anoun, pronounced \dim\. 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 85650, this pair ranks #10,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dîmes vs domus

Shared letters: dms. Private to "dîmes": eî. Private to "domus": ou.

"dîmes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domus ← ddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dîmes" and "domus" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "dîmes" vs "domus" - which ranks higher?
"dîmes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,760 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dîmes" 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 #10,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dîmes" 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 #10,982 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