Which to use
“doigté” and “doute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,717
- “doigté” frequency rank
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- 41206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doigté | doute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Manière de positionner ses doigts sur un instrument pour jouer une note donnée. | Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation. |
Where the eye mixes doigté and doute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. doigté runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against doute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: doigté vs doute
A purely visual mix-up. doigté (\dwa.te\) and doute (\dut\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doigté is recorded at frequency rank #40,717, classified as anoun, pronounced \dwa.te\. doute is at rank #489, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dut\.
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 41206, this pair ranks #234,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doigté vs doute
Shared letters: dot. Private to "doigté": gié. Private to "doute": eu.
"doigté" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- doute ← ddoute · dotue · douet · doutte · duote · odute
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doigté" and "doute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "doigté" vs "doute" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "doigté" and "doute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "doigté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doigté" and "doute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "daigne vs doigté". 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 #234,825 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.