Which to use
“done” and “douane” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,986
- “done” frequency rank
- #11,566
- “douane” frequency rank
- 32552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | done | douane |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Demoiselle, jeune dame, parfois opposé à dame. | Administration chargée de percevoir à la frontière les droits imposés sur l’entrée et la sortie des marchandises et de veiller à ce que les importations ou les exportations prohibées n’aient pas lieu. |
Letter map: done vs douane
Shared letters muted; letters that set done and douane apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Spelling & dictionary notes on done vs douane
done and douane 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
done is recorded at frequency rank #20,986, classified as anoun. douane is at rank #11,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dwan\.
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 32552, this pair ranks #296,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of done vs douane
Shared letters: deno. Private to "done": -. Private to "douane": au.
"done" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "douane" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "done" and "douane" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "done" vs "douane" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "done" and "douane".
- Full dictionary entry for "done" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "douane" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "done" and "douane" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs done". 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 #296,528 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.