docuvsdomusWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“docu” and “domus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,920
“docu” frequency rank
#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
72810
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature docu domus
Definition Documentaire. Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Letter map: docu vs domus

Shared letters muted; letters that set docu and domus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. docu runs 4 letters (CVCV) against domus's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
docu
5 ch
domus

Pair insight - docu / domus

docu and domus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

docu is recorded at frequency rank #28,920, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.ky\. domus is at rank #43,890, tagged as anoun.

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 72810, this pair ranks #42,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of docu vs domus

Shared letters: dou. Private to "docu": c. Private to "domus": ms.

"docu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • docu ← dcou · ddocu · doccu · douc · odcu
  • domus ← ddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "docu" and "domus" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "docu" vs "domus" - which ranks higher?
"docu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,920 in our French list, against #43,890 for "domus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "docu" and "domus". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "docu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "docu" and "domus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs domus". 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 #42,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list