Which to use
“dodge” and “doute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,548
- “dodge” frequency rank
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- 25037
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dodge | doute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Camionnette bâchée de transport de marchandises ou de troupes. | Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation. |
Where the eye mixes dodge and doute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dodge vs doute
A purely visual mix-up. dodge (\dɔdʒ\) and doute (\dut\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25037, 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\. doute is at rank #489, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dut\.
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 25037, this pair ranks #343,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dodge vs doute
Shared letters: deo. Private to "dodge": g. Private to "doute": tu.
"dodge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dodge" and "doute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dodge" or "doute"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dodge" and "doute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dodge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #343,155 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dodge" and "doute" 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 #343,155 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.