doivsdotaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#27,038
“doi” frequency rank
#44,989
“dota” frequency rank
72027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doi dota
Definition Cas sujet de deus. Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe doter.

Letter map: doi vs dota

Shared letters muted; letters that set doi and dota apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. doi runs 3 letters (CVV) against dota's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
doi
4 ch
dota

Role in the sentence - doi and dota

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doi is anadjective and dotaaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doi is recorded at frequency rank #27,038, classified as anadj. dota is at rank #44,989, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔ.ta\.

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 72027, this pair ranks #45,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of doi vs dota

Shared letters: do. Private to "doi": i. Private to "dota": at.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dota ← ddota · doat · dotta · dtoa · odta

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "doi" and "dota" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doi" is an adjective and "dota" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "doi" or "dota"?
"doi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,038 in our French list, against #44,989 for "dota". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "doi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doi" and "dota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dota vs dotant". 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 #45,466 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