doivevsdoneConfusable pair

Quick tell: doive is a verb, done is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“doive” is a verb and “done” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,452
“doive” frequency rank
#20,986
“done” frequency rank
35438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doive done
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de devoir. Demoiselle, jeune dame, parfois opposé à dame.

Letter map: doive vs done

Shared letters muted; letters that set doive and done apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
doive
4 ch
done

Part-of-speech tell for doive / done

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: doive is averb and doneanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doive is recorded at frequency rank #14,452, classified as averb, pronounced \dwav\. done is at rank #20,986, tagged as anoun.

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 35438, this pair ranks #276,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of doive vs done

Shared letters: deo. Private to "doive": iv. Private to "done": n.

"doive" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doiveddoive · diove · doiev · doivve · dovie · odive
  • doneddone · dnoe · doen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "doive" and "done" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "doive" is a verb and "done" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "doive" vs "done" - which ranks higher?
"doive" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,452 in our French list, against #20,986 for "done". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "doive" and "done". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "doive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "done" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #276,771 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doive" and "done" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs done". 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 #276,771 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