dogmevsdoigtéConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#14,658
“dogme” frequency rank
#40,717
“doigté” frequency rank
55375
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dogme doigté
Definition Vérité indiscutable définie par l’autorité compétente ; objet de foi. Manière de positionner ses doigts sur un instrument pour jouer une note donnée.

Where the eye mixes dogme and doigté

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dogme runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against doigté's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
dogme
6 ch
doigté

Look-alike desk: dogme vs doigté

A purely visual mix-up. dogme (\dɔɡm\) and doigté (\dwa.te\) 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 55375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dogme is recorded at frequency rank #14,658, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔɡm\. doigté is at rank #40,717, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dwa.te\.

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 55375, this pair ranks #127,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dogme vs doigté

Shared letters: dgo. Private to "dogme": em. Private to "doigté": ité.

"dogme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "doigté" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dogme ← ddogme · dgome · dogem · doggme · dogmme · domge · odgme

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dogme" and "doigté" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\dɔɡm\ versus \dwa.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dogme" or "doigté"?
"dogme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,658 in our French list, against #40,717 for "doigté". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "dogme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doigté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,850 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dogme" and "doigté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "daigne vs doigté". 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 #127,850 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