Which to use
“does” is a noun and “doi” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,566
- “does” frequency rank
- #27,038
- “doi” frequency rank
- 57604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | does | doi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait d’avoir un rapport sexuel ; coït. | Cas sujet de deus. |
Letter map: does vs doi
Shared letters muted; letters that set does and doi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for does / doi
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: does is anoun and doianadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
does is recorded at frequency rank #30,566, classified as anoun, pronounced \dœz\. doi is at rank #27,038, tagged as anadj.
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 57604, this pair ranks #114,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of does vs doi
Shared letters: do. Private to "does": es. Private to "doi": i.
"does" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "doi" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- does ← ddoes · deos · odes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "does" and "doi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "does" or "doi" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "does" and "doi". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "does" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "does" and "doi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "does vs domi". 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 #114,019 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.