dodgevsdoigtéTell them apart

Which to use

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

#24,548
“dodge” frequency rank
#40,717
“doigté” frequency rank
65265
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dodge doigté
Definition Camionnette bâchée de transport de marchandises ou de troupes. Manière de positionner ses doigts sur un instrument pour jouer une note donnée.

Where the eye mixes dodge and doigté

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
dodge
6 ch
doigté

Why the eye confuses dodge with doigté

A purely visual mix-up. dodge (\dɔdʒ\) and doigté (\dwa.te\) 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 65265, 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\. doigté is at rank #40,717, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dwa.te\.

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 65265, this pair ranks #73,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dodge vs doigté

Shared letters: dgo. Private to "dodge": e. Private to "doigté": ité.

"dodge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "doigté" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dodgeddodge · ddoge · doddge · dodeg · dodgge · dogde · oddge

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dodge" for "doigté" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\dɔdʒ\ versus \dwa.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "dodge" or "doigté" show up more?
"dodge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,548 in our French list, against #40,717 for "doigté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dodge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doigté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,111 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dodge" and "doigté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "daigne vs doigté". 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 #73,111 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