Which to use
“docile” and “dociles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,939
- “docile” frequency rank
- #40,716
- “dociles” frequency rank
- 65655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | docile | dociles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a de la disposition à se laisser conduire et diriger. Qui obéit facilement. Caractère docile. | Pluriel de docile. |
Same sound, different letters: docile vs dociles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. docile runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dociles's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: docile vs dociles
This is the hard kind. docile and dociles are pronounced identically (\dɔ.sil\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “docile” sits inside “dociles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
docile is recorded at frequency rank #24,939, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.sil\. dociles is at rank #40,716, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.sil\.
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 65655, this pair ranks #71,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of docile vs dociles
Shared letters: cdeilo. Private to "docile": -. Private to "dociles": s.
"docile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dociles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "docile" and "dociles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "docile" vs "dociles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "docile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dociles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,359 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "docile" and "dociles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dociles vs domiciles". 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 #71,359 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.