Which to use
“dorure” is a noun and “douze” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,841
- “dorure” frequency rank
- #2,472
- “douze” frequency rank
- 50313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dorure | douze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couche d’or fort mince appliquée sur la superficie de quelque ouvrage. | Onze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 12. |
Where the eye mixes dorure and douze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dorure runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against douze's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dorure with douze
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dorure is \dɔ.ʁyʁ\ while douze is \duz\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50313, 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\. douze is at rank #2,472, tagged as anadj, pronounced \duz\.
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 50313, this pair ranks #163,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dorure vs douze
Shared letters: deou. Private to "dorure": r. Private to "douze": z.
"dorure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "douze" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dorure" and "douze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dorure" vs "douze" - which ranks higher?
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 "dorure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "douze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,644 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dorure" and "douze" 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 #163,644 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.