Which to use
“dômes” and “doutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,774
- “dômes” frequency rank
- #4,748
- “doutes” frequency rank
- 44522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dômes | doutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dôme. | Pluriel de doute. |
Where the eye mixes dômes and doutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dômes runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against doutes's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dômes with doutes
A purely visual mix-up. dômes (\dɔm\) and doutes (\dut\) 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 44522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dômes is recorded at frequency rank #39,774, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔm\. doutes is at rank #4,748, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dut\.
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 44522, this pair ranks #209,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dômes vs doutes
Shared letters: des. Private to "dômes": mô. Private to "doutes": otu.
"dômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "doutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doutes ← ddoutes · dotues · douets · doutess · doutse · douttes · duotes · odutes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dômes" and "doutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "dômes" or "doutes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dômes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,851 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dômes" and "doutes" 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 #209,851 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.