Which to use
“doge” and “drogue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,985
- “doge” frequency rank
- #2,772
- “drogue” frequency rank
- 37757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doge | drogue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de la dignité du chef des anciennes républiques de Venise et de Gênes, élu parmi les familles aristocratiques de la ville. | Substance psychotrope provoquant le plus souvent une dépendance et utilisée pour modifier son état mental, en particulier substance illégale dont l’usage est réprouvé. |
Where the eye mixes doge and drogue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. doge runs 4 letters (CVCV) against drogue's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between doge and drogue
A purely visual mix-up. doge (\dɔʒ\) and drogue (\dʁɔɡ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37757, 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\. drogue is at rank #2,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁɔɡ\.
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 37757, this pair ranks #260,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doge vs drogue
Shared letters: dego. Private to "doge": -. Private to "drogue": ru.
"doge" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "drogue" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doge" and "drogue" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "doge" vs "drogue" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "doge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drogue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doge" and "drogue" 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 #260,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.