Which to use
“doigt” and “drift” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,470
- “doigt” frequency rank
- #42,295
- “drift” frequency rank
- 44765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doigt | drift |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Extrémité articulée des mains de l’être humain. | Terrain glaciaire. |
Where the eye mixes doigt and drift
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: doigt vs drift
A purely visual mix-up. doigt (\dwa\) and drift (\dʁift\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44765, 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\. drift is at rank #42,295, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dʁift\.
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 44765, this pair ranks #208,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doigt vs drift
Shared letters: dit. Private to "doigt": go. Private to "drift": fr.
"doigt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "drift" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doigt" and "drift" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "doigt" vs "drift" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "doigt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drift" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,016 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doigt" and "drift" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dirt vs drift". 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 #208,016 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.