Which to use
“door” and “Dose” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,697
- “door” frequency rank
- #4,324
- “Dose” frequency rank
- 31021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | door | Dose |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Porte. | Boîte de conserve, canette. |
Where the eye mixes door and Dose
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between door and Dose
A purely visual mix-up. door (\dɔɹ\) and Dose (\ˈdoːzə\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
door is recorded at frequency rank #26,697, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔɹ\. Dose is at rank #4,324, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈdoːzə\.
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 31021, this pair ranks #306,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of door vs Dose
Shared letters: do. Private to "door": r. Private to "Dose": es.
"door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Dose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "door" and "Dose" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "door" or "Dose"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "door" and "Dose" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "door" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Dose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "door" and "Dose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs door". 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 #306,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.