Which to use
“dock” and “ducks” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,449
- “dock” frequency rank
- #34,503
- “ducks” frequency rank
- 65952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dock | ducks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vaste bassin entouré de quais, dans lequel entrent les vaisseaux pour déposer leurs cargaisons ou opérer leur chargement. | Pluriel de duck. |
Where the eye mixes dock and ducks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dock runs 4 letters (CVCC) against ducks's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dock vs ducks
A purely visual mix-up. dock (\dɔk\) and ducks (\ˈdʌks\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dock is recorded at frequency rank #31,449, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔk\. ducks is at rank #34,503, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdʌks\.
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 65952, this pair ranks #70,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dock vs ducks
Shared letters: cdk. Private to "dock": o. Private to "ducks": su.
"dock" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ducks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dock" and "ducks" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dock" vs "ducks" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dock" and "ducks" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dock" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ducks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dock" and "ducks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs dock". 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 #70,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.