Which to use
“dorure” and “doute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,841
- “dorure” frequency rank
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- 48330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dorure | doute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couche d’or fort mince appliquée sur la superficie de quelque ouvrage. | 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 dorure and doute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dorure runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against doute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dorure and doute
A purely visual mix-up. dorure (\dɔ.ʁyʁ\) 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 48330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dorure is recorded at frequency rank #47,841, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔ.ʁyʁ\. 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 48330, this pair ranks #179,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dorure vs doute
Shared letters: deou. Private to "dorure": r. Private to "doute": t.
"dorure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dorure" and "doute" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dorure" vs "doute" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dorure" 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 #179,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dorure" and "doute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dorure vs dour". 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 #179,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.