dojovsDoseConfusable pair

Which to use

“dojo” and “Dose” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,986
“dojo” frequency rank
#4,324
“Dose” frequency rank
39310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dojo Dose
Definition Endroit où le sensei entraîne ses étudiants. Boîte de conserve, canette.

Where the eye mixes dojo and Dose

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
dojo
4 ch
Dose

Why the eye confuses dojo with Dose

A purely visual mix-up. dojo (\do.ʒo\) and Dose (\ˈdoːzə\) 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 39310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dojo is recorded at frequency rank #34,986, classified as anoun, pronounced \do.ʒo\. Dose is at rank #4,324, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdoːzə\.

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 39310, this pair ranks #248,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dojo vs Dose

Shared letters: do. Private to "dojo": j. Private to "Dose": es.

"dojo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Dose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dojoddojo · djoo · dojjo · dooj · odjo
  • Doseddose · dosse · dsoe · odse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dojo" for "Dose" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\do.ʒo\ versus \ˈdoːzə\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dojo" vs "Dose" - which ranks higher?
"Dose" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,324 in our French list, against #34,986 for "dojo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "dojo" and "Dose" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dojo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Dose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #248,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dojo" and "Dose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dojo vs domi". 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 #248,964 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