doivsdormiWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#27,038
“doi” frequency rank
#6,289
“dormi” frequency rank
33327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doi dormi
Definition Cas sujet de deus. Participe passé masculin singulier de dormir.

Letter map: doi vs dormi

Shared letters muted; letters that set doi and dormi apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
doi
5 ch
dormi

Grammar separator: doi vs dormi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doi is anadjective and dormiaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doi is recorded at frequency rank #27,038, classified as anadj. dormi is at rank #6,289, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔʁ.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 33327, this pair ranks #291,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of doi vs dormi

Shared letters: dio. Private to "doi": -. Private to "dormi": mr.

"doi" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "dormi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dormiddormi · domri · dorim · dormmi · dorrmi · dromi · odrmi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "doi" for "dormi" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doi" is an adjective and "dormi" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "doi" vs "dormi" - which ranks higher?
"dormi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,289 in our French list, against #27,038 for "doi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "doi" and "dormi".

  • Full dictionary entry for "doi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dormi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #291,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doi" and "dormi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs doi". 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 #291,385 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