Which to use
“dorée” is a noun and “dormi” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,983
- “dorée” frequency rank
- #6,289
- “dormi” frequency rank
- 16272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dorée | dormi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Saint-pierre (poisson de nom scientifique Zeus faber). | Participe passé masculin singulier de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes dorée and dormi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dorée vs dormi
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dorée is \dɔ.ʁe\ while dormi is \dɔʁ.mi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dorée is recorded at frequency rank #9,983, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.ʁe\. dormi is at rank #6,289, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔʁ.mi\.
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 16272, this pair ranks #388,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dorée vs dormi
Shared letters: dor. Private to "dorée": eé. Private to "dormi": im.
"dorée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "dormi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dormi ← ddormi · domri · dorim · dormmi · dorrmi · dromi · odrmi
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dorée" for "dormi" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dorée" or "dormi"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dorée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dormi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dorée" and "dormi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dorée vs dorure". 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 #388,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.