Which to use
“Dose” and “doute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,324
- “Dose” frequency rank
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- 4813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Dose | doute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Boîte de conserve, canette. | 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 Dose and doute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Dose runs 4 letters (CVCV) against doute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses Dose with doute
A purely visual mix-up. Dose (\ˈdoːzə\) 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 4813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Dose is recorded at frequency rank #4,324, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈdoːzə\. 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 4813, this pair ranks #430,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Dose vs doute
Shared letters: deo. Private to "Dose": s. Private to "doute": tu.
"Dose" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Dose" and "doute" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Dose" vs "doute" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Dose" and "doute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Dose" 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 #430,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Dose" and "doute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dose vs dust". 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 #430,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.