Which to use
“doll” and “dolly” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,229
- “doll” frequency rank
- #30,567
- “dolly” frequency rank
- 71796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doll | dolly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Meuf trans fem. | Support de caméra sur roues ou rails, souvent muni d’une petite grue d’élévation, permettant de réaliser un travelling sans à-coups. |
Where the eye mixes doll and dolly
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. doll runs 4 letters (CVCC) against dolly's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses doll with dolly
A purely visual mix-up. doll (\dɔl\) and dolly (\dɔ.li\) 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 extra letter(s) - “doll” sits inside “dolly”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doll is recorded at frequency rank #41,229, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔl\. dolly is at rank #30,567, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.li\.
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 71796, this pair ranks #46,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doll vs dolly
Shared letters: dlo. Private to "doll": -. Private to "dolly": y.
"doll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "dolly" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doll" and "dolly" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "doll" vs "dolly" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doll" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dolly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doll" and "dolly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doll 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 #46,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.