Which to use
“dorées” is an adjective and “dorme” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,543
- “dorées” frequency rank
- #30,132
- “dorme” frequency rank
- 52675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dorées | dorme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de doré. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes dorées and dorme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dorées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against dorme's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dorées with dorme
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dorées is \dɔ.ʁe\ while dorme is \dɔʁm\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dorées is recorded at frequency rank #22,543, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.ʁe\. dorme is at rank #30,132, tagged as averb, pronounced \dɔʁm\.
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 52675, this pair ranks #146,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dorées vs dorme
Shared letters: deor. Private to "dorées": sé. Private to "dorme": m.
"dorées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "dorme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dorme ← ddorme · domre · dorem · dormme · dorrme · drome · odrme
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dorées" for "dorme" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dorées" or "dorme"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dorées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dorme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dorées" and "dorme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs dorme". 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 #146,037 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.