domusvsdosesWhich spelling fits?

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“domus” and “doses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
#9,152
“doses” frequency rank
53042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature domus doses
Definition Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique. Pluriel de dose.

Letter map: domus vs doses

Shared letters muted; letters that set domus and doses apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
domus
5 ch
doses

Spelling & dictionary notes on domus vs doses

domus and doses 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

domus is recorded at frequency rank #43,890, classified as anoun. doses is at rank #9,152, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dɔz\.

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 53042, this pair ranks #143,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of domus vs doses

Shared letters: dos. Private to "domus": mu. Private to "doses": e.

"domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "doses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domusddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus
  • dosesddoses · doess · dosess · dosses · dsoes · odses

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "domus" and "doses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "domus" or "doses"?
"doses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,152 in our French list, against #43,890 for "domus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "domus" vs "doses" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "domus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #143,486 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "domus" and "doses" 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 #143,486 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list