Which to use
“dîmes” and “doses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,760
- “dîmes” frequency rank
- #9,152
- “doses” frequency rank
- 50912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dîmes | doses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dîme. | Pluriel de dose. |
Where the eye mixes dîmes and doses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dîmes and doses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses dîmes with doses
A purely visual mix-up. dîmes (\dim\) and doses (\dɔz\) 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 50912, 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\. doses is at rank #9,152, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔz\.
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 50912, this pair ranks #158,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dîmes vs doses
Shared letters: des. Private to "dîmes": mî. Private to "doses": o.
"dîmes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "doses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doses ← ddoses · doess · dosess · dosses · dsoes · odses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dîmes" and "doses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dîmes" or "doses" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dîmes" and "doses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dîmes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dîmes" and "doses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diez vs dîmes". 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 #158,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.