doivsdomiConfusable pair

Quick tell: doi is a adjective, domi is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“doi” is an adjective and “domi” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,038
“doi” frequency rank
#48,452
“domi” frequency rank
75490
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doi domi
Definition Cas sujet de deus. Pluriel de dom.

Letter map: doi vs domi

Shared letters muted; letters that set doi and domi apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. doi runs 3 letters (CVV) against domi's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
doi
4 ch
domi

Role in the sentence - doi and domi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doi is anadjective and domianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doi is recorded at frequency rank #27,038, classified as anadj. domi is at rank #48,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdo.mi\.

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 75490, this pair ranks #33,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of doi vs domi

Shared letters: dio. Private to "doi": -. Private to "domi": m.

"doi" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "domi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domi ← ddomi · dmoi · doim · dommi · odmi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "doi" for "domi" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doi" is an adjective and "domi" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "doi" vs "domi" - which ranks higher?
"doi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,038 in our French list, against #48,452 for "domi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "doi" and "domi". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "doi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doi" and "domi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI 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 #33,932 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