doesvsdomusWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#30,566
“does” frequency rank
#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
74456
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature does domus
Definition Fait d’avoir un rapport sexuel ; coït. Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Letter map: does vs domus

Shared letters muted; letters that set does and domus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. does runs 4 letters (CVVC) against domus's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
does
5 ch
domus

Pair insight - does / domus

does and domus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74456, 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\. domus is at rank #43,890, tagged as anoun.

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 74456, this pair ranks #37,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of does vs domus

Shared letters: dos. Private to "does": e. Private to "domus": mu.

"does" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • does ← ddoes · deos · odes
  • domus ← ddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "does" and "domus" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "does" or "domus" show up more?
"does" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,566 in our French list, against #43,890 for "domus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "does" and "domus". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "does" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,127 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "does" and "domus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs domus". 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 #37,127 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