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.
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?
Which is more common, "dogme" or "doigté"?
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.