Which to use
“dome” and “domus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,217
- “dome” frequency rank
- #43,890
- “domus” frequency rank
- 77107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dome | domus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dôme. | Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique. |
Letter map: dome vs domus
Shared letters muted; letters that set dome and domus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dome runs 4 letters (CVCV) against domus's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on dome vs domus
dome and domus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dome is recorded at frequency rank #33,217, classified as anoun, pronounced \dəʊm\. domus is at rank #43,890, 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 77107, this pair ranks #29,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dome vs domus
Shared letters: dmo. Private to "dome": e. Private to "domus": su.
"dome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dome" and "domus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dome" or "domus" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dome" and "domus".
- Full dictionary entry for "dome" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "domus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dome" and "domus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs domus". 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 #29,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.