Which to use
“doge” and “dons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,985
- “doge” frequency rank
- #4,067
- “dons” frequency rank
- 39052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doge | dons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de la dignité du chef des anciennes républiques de Venise et de Gênes, élu parmi les familles aristocratiques de la ville. | Pluriel de don. |
Where the eye mixes doge and dons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: doge vs dons
A purely visual mix-up. doge (\dɔʒ\) and dons (\dɔ̃\) 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 39052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doge is recorded at frequency rank #34,985, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔʒ\. dons is at rank #4,067, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ̃\.
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 39052, this pair ranks #250,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doge vs dons
Shared letters: do. Private to "doge": eg. Private to "dons": ns.
"doge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dons" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doge" for "dons" ever safe?
Which is more common, "doge" or "dons"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "doge" and "dons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "doge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,853 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doge" and "dons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doge 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 #250,853 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.