Which to use
“doigt” and “dot” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,470
- “doigt” frequency rank
- #12,950
- “dot” frequency rank
- 15420
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doigt | dot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Extrémité articulée des mains de l’être humain. | Apport qu’un époux ou une épouse verse à la communauté de biens. |
Where the eye mixes doigt and dot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: doigt vs dot
A purely visual mix-up. doigt (\dwa\) and dot (\dɔt\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doigt is recorded at frequency rank #2,470, classified as anoun, pronounced \dwa\. dot is at rank #12,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔt\.
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 15420, this pair ranks #392,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doigt vs dot
Shared letters: dot. Private to "doigt": gi. Private to "dot": -.
"doigt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "dot" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doigt ← ddoigt · diogt · dogit · doiggt · doigtt · doitg · odigt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doigt" and "dot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "doigt" or "dot" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doigt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doigt" and "dot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs dot". 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 #392,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.