Which to use
“donuts” and “doute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,752
- “donuts” frequency rank
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- 40241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | donuts | doute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de donut. | Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation. |
Where the eye mixes donuts and doute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: donuts vs doute
A purely visual mix-up. donuts (\dɔ.nœt\) and doute (\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 40241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
donuts is recorded at frequency rank #39,752, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.nœt\. doute is at rank #489, 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 40241, this pair ranks #241,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of donuts vs doute
Shared letters: dotu. Private to "donuts": ns. Private to "doute": e.
"donuts" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "donuts" and "doute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "donuts" vs "doute" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "donuts" and "doute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "donuts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "donuts" and "doute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domus vs donuts". 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 #241,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.