Which to use
“doll” and “door” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,229
- “doll” frequency rank
- #26,697
- “door” frequency rank
- 67926
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doll | door |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Meuf trans fem. | Porte. |
Where the eye mixes doll and door
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. doll (CVCC) and door (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between doll and door
A purely visual mix-up. doll (\dɔl\) and door (\dɔɹ\) 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 67926, 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\. door is at rank #26,697, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔɹ\.
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 67926, this pair ranks #61,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doll vs door
Shared letters: do. Private to "doll": l. Private to "door": r.
"doll" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doll" and "door" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "doll" or "door"?
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 "door" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,366 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doll" and "door" 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 #61,366 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.