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

#14,658
“dogme” frequency rank
#39,774
“dômes” frequency rank
54432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dogme dômes
Definition Vérité indiscutable définie par l’autorité compétente ; objet de foi. Pluriel de dôme.

Where the eye mixes dogme and dômes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dogme (CVCCV) and dômes (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
dogme
5 ch
dômes

Why the eye confuses dogme with dômes

A purely visual mix-up. dogme (\dɔɡm\) and dômes (\dɔm\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54432, 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\. dômes is at rank #39,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔm\.

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 54432, this pair ranks #134,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dogme vs dômes

Shared letters: dem. Private to "dogme": go. Private to "dômes": sô.

"dogme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "dômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dogme" and "dômes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\dɔɡm\ versus \dɔm\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dogme" vs "dômes" - which ranks higher?
"dogme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,658 in our French list, against #39,774 for "dômes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dogme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,116 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dogme" and "dômes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dômes 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 #134,116 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