Which to use
“doter” is a verb and “dotés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,455
- “doter” frequency rank
- #13,572
- “dotés” frequency rank
- 28027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doter | dotés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pourvoir d’une dot les jeunes filles qui se marient ou entrent en religion. | Masculin pluriel de doté. |
Same sound, different letters: doter vs dotés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - doter and dotés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: doter and dotés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \dɔ.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doter is recorded at frequency rank #14,455, classified as averb, pronounced \dɔ.te\. dotés is at rank #13,572, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.te\.
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 28027, this pair ranks #325,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doter vs dotés
Shared letters: dot. Private to "doter": er. Private to "dotés": sé.
"doter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "dotés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doter ← ddoter · doetr · doterr · dotre · dotter · dtoer · odter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doter" for "dotés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "doter" vs "dotés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "doter" / "dotés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "doter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dotés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doter" and "dotés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dotés 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 #325,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.