Which to use
“doe” and “door” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,259
- “doe” frequency rank
- #26,697
- “door” frequency rank
- 65956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doe | door |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chevrette (femelle du chevreuil), daine. | Porte. |
Where the eye mixes doe and door
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. doe runs 3 letters (CVV) against door's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: doe vs door
A purely visual mix-up. doe (\ˈdoʊ\) and door (\dɔɹ\) 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 65956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doe is recorded at frequency rank #39,259, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈdoʊ\. door is at rank #26,697, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔɹ\.
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 65956, this pair ranks #69,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doe vs door
Shared letters: do. Private to "doe": e. Private to "door": r.
"doe" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- door ← ddoor · doorr · doro · odor
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doe" and "door" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "doe" or "door"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "door" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doe" and "door" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs doe". 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 #69,989 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.