doublevsdoubléesConfusable pair

Which to use

“double” and “doublées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#844
“double” frequency rank
#42,832
“doublées” frequency rank
43676
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature double doublées
Definition Qui vaut, qui pèse ou qui contient deux fois autant. Féminin pluriel de doublé.

Where the eye mixes double and doublées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
double
8 ch
doublées

Look-alike desk: double vs doublées

A purely visual mix-up. double (\dubl\) and doublées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

double is recorded at frequency rank #844, classified as anadj, pronounced \dubl\. doublées is at rank #42,832, 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 43676, this pair ranks #216,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of double vs doublées

Shared letters: bdelou. Private to "double": -. Private to "doublées": .

"double" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "doublées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doubleddouble · dobule · doubble · doubel · doublle · doulbe · duoble · oduble

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "double" for "doublées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\dubl\ versus \du.ble\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "double" or "doublées"?
"double" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #844 in our French list, against #42,832 for "doublées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "doublées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "double" and "doublées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doublages vs doublées". 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 #216,277 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list