Which to use
“double” and “doublée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #844
- “double” frequency rank
- #17,931
- “doublée” frequency rank
- 18775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | double | doublée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui vaut, qui pèse ou qui contient deux fois autant. | Féminin singulier de doublé. |
Where the eye mixes double and doublée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: double vs doublée
A purely visual mix-up. double (\dubl\) and doublée (\du.ble\) 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 18775, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
double is recorded at frequency rank #844, classified as anadj, pronounced \dubl\. doublée is at rank #17,931, tagged as anadj, pronounced \du.ble\.
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 18775, this pair ranks #376,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of double vs doublée
Shared letters: bdelou. Private to "double": -. Private to "doublée": é.
"double" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "doublée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- double ← ddouble · dobule · doubble · doubel · doublle · doulbe · duoble · oduble
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "double" and "doublée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "double" vs "doublée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "double" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doublée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "double" and "doublée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doublée vs doublon". 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 #376,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.