Which to use
“dolmen” and “dômes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,113
- “dolmen” frequency rank
- #39,774
- “dômes” frequency rank
- 85887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dolmen | dômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sépulture mégalithique préhistorique constituée d’une ou plusieurs grosses dalles horizontales posées sur des pierres verticales. | Pluriel de dôme. |
Where the eye mixes dolmen and dômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dolmen and dômes
A purely visual mix-up. dolmen (\dɔl.mɛn\) and dômes (\dɔm\) 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 85887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dolmen is recorded at frequency rank #46,113, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔl.mɛn\. dômes is at rank #39,774, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔm\.
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 85887, this pair ranks #10,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dolmen vs dômes
Shared letters: dem. Private to "dolmen": lno. Private to "dômes": sô.
"dolmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "dômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dolmen ← ddolmen · dlomen · dolemn · dollmen · dolmenn · dolmmen · dolmne · domlen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dolmen" and "dômes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dolmen" vs "dômes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dolmen" and "dômes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dolmen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dolmen" and "dômes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dômes 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 #10,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.