Which to use
“dotés” is an adjective and “doutes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,572
- “dotés” frequency rank
- #4,748
- “doutes” frequency rank
- 18320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dotés | doutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de doté. | Pluriel de doute. |
Where the eye mixes dotés and doutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dotés vs doutes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dotés is \dɔ.te\ while doutes is \dut\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dotés is recorded at frequency rank #13,572, classified as anadj, pronounced \dɔ.te\. 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 18320, this pair ranks #378,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dotés vs doutes
Shared letters: dost. Private to "dotés": é. Private to "doutes": eu.
"dotés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "doutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doutes ← ddoutes · dotues · douets · doutess · doutse · douttes · duotes · odutes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dotés" and "doutes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dotés" vs "doutes" - which ranks higher?
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 "dotés" 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 #378,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dotés" and "doutes" 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 #378,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.