domusvsdotésTell them apart

Quick tell: domus is a noun, dotés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“domus” is a noun and “dotés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,890
“domus” frequency rank
#13,572
“dotés” frequency rank
57462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature domus dotés
Definition Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique. Masculin pluriel de doté.

Letter map: domus vs dotés

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

5 ch
domus
5 ch
dotés

Grammar separator: domus vs dotés

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: domus is anoun and dotésanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

domus is recorded at frequency rank #43,890, classified as anoun. dotés is at rank #13,572, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.te\.

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 57462, this pair ranks #114,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of domus vs dotés

Shared letters: dos. Private to "domus": mu. Private to "dotés": .

"domus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dotés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domusddomus · dmous · dommus · domsu · domuss · doums · odmus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "domus" for "dotés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "domus" is a noun and "dotés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "domus" or "dotés"?
"dotés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,572 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "domus" and "dotés". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "domus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dotés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "domus" and "dotés" 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 #114,899 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