Which to use
“doses” and “doutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,152
- “doses” frequency rank
- #4,748
- “doutes” frequency rank
- 13900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doses | doutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de dose. | Pluriel de doute. |
Where the eye mixes doses and doutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses doses with doutes
A purely visual mix-up. doses (\dɔz\) and doutes (\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 13900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doses is recorded at frequency rank #9,152, classified as anoun, pronounced \dɔz\. doutes is at rank #4,748, 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 13900, this pair ranks #399,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doses vs doutes
Shared letters: deos. Private to "doses": -. Private to "doutes": tu.
"doses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "doutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doses" for "doutes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "doses" or "doutes"?
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 "doses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doses" and "doutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doses vs douées". 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 #399,041 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.