Which to use
“dodge” and “dog” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,548
- “dodge” frequency rank
- #11,950
- “dog” frequency rank
- 36498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dodge | dog |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Camionnette bâchée de transport de marchandises ou de troupes. | Chien (animal), pitou, animal de l'espèce Canis familiaris ou Canis lupus familiaris qui a été domestiqué il y a plusieurs milliers d'années et d’apparence variable du fait de la sélection humaine. |
Where the eye mixes dodge and dog
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dodge vs dog
A purely visual mix-up. dodge (\dɔdʒ\) and dog (\ˈdɔɡ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dodge is recorded at frequency rank #24,548, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔdʒ\. dog is at rank #11,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdɔɡ\.
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 36498, this pair ranks #269,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dodge vs dog
Shared letters: dgo. Private to "dodge": e. Private to "dog": -.
"dodge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dog" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dodge ← ddodge · ddoge · doddge · dodeg · dodgge · dogde · oddge
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dodge" for "dog" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dodge" vs "dog" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dodge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dog" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,164 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dodge" and "dog" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diode vs dodge". 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 #269,164 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.