Which to use
“docker” and “dockers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,741
- “docker” frequency rank
- #38,754
- “dockers” frequency rank
- 80495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | docker | dockers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ouvrier qui, dans un dock, travaille au chargement et au déchargement des navires. | Pluriel de docker. |
Same sound, different letters: docker vs dockers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: docker vs dockers
This is the hard kind. docker and dockers are pronounced identically (\dɔ.kɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “docker” sits inside “dockers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
docker is recorded at frequency rank #41,741, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.kɛʁ\. dockers is at rank #38,754, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.kɛʁ\.
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 80495, this pair ranks #20,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of docker vs dockers
Shared letters: cdekor. Private to "docker": -. Private to "dockers": s.
"docker" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dockers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "docker" and "dockers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "docker" or "dockers"?
After this comparison
"docker" and "dockers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "docker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dockers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "docker" and "dockers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "docker vs donkey". 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 #20,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.