Which to use
“dockers” and “docteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,754
- “dockers” frequency rank
- #10,309
- “docteurs” frequency rank
- 49063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dockers | docteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de docker. | Pluriel de docteur. |
Where the eye mixes dockers and docteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dockers runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against docteurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dockers and docteurs
A purely visual mix-up. dockers (\dɔ.kɛʁ\) and docteurs (\dɔk.tœʁ\) 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 49063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dockers is recorded at frequency rank #38,754, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.kɛʁ\. docteurs is at rank #10,309, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔk.tœʁ\.
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 49063, this pair ranks #173,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dockers vs docteurs
Shared letters: cdeors. Private to "dockers": k. Private to "docteurs": tu.
"dockers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "docteurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dockers" and "docteurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dockers" or "docteurs" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dockers" and "docteurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dockers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "docteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,780 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dockers" and "docteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "docker vs dockers". 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 #173,780 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.