Which to use
“dogmes” and “dômes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,236
- “dogmes” frequency rank
- #39,774
- “dômes” frequency rank
- 62010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dogmes | dômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dogme. | Pluriel de dôme. |
Where the eye mixes dogmes and dômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dogmes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against dômes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dogmes with dômes
A purely visual mix-up. dogmes (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dogmes is recorded at frequency rank #22,236, 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 62010, this pair ranks #89,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dogmes vs dômes
Shared letters: dems. Private to "dogmes": go. Private to "dômes": ô.
"dogmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dogmes ← ddogmes · dgomes · dogems · doggmes · dogmess · dogmmes · dogmse · domges
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dogmes" and "dômes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dogmes" or "dômes" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dogmes" 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 #89,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dogmes" 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 #89,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.