doivsdoxaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#27,038
“doi” frequency rank
#47,842
“doxa” frequency rank
74880
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doi doxa
Definition Cas sujet de deus. Ensemble, plus ou moins homogène, de préjugés populaires, de présuppositions généralement admises et évaluées positivement ou négativement, sur lesquelles se fonde toute forme de communication.

Letter map: doi vs doxa

Shared letters muted; letters that set doi and doxa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
doi
4 ch
doxa

Grammar separator: doi vs doxa

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doi is anadjective and doxaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doi is recorded at frequency rank #27,038, classified as anadj. doxa is at rank #47,842, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔk.sa\.

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 74880, this pair ranks #35,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of doi vs doxa

Shared letters: do. Private to "doi": i. Private to "doxa": ax.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doxaddoxa · doax · doxxa · dxoa · odxa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "doi" and "doxa" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doi" is an adjective and "doxa" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "doi" or "doxa" show up more?
"doi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,038 in our French list, against #47,842 for "doxa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "doi" vs "doxa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "doi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doxa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,736 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doi" and "doxa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs doxa". 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 #35,736 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