Which to use
“doublée” is an adjective and “doubler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,931
- “doublée” frequency rank
- #8,838
- “doubler” frequency rank
- 26769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doublée | doubler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de doublé. | Rendre double ; mettre le double ; augmenter d’une fois autant ; multiplier par deux. |
Same sound, different letters: doublée vs doubler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: doublée vs doubler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: doublée and doubler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \du.ble\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, 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 26769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doublée is recorded at frequency rank #17,931, classified as anadj, pronounced \du.ble\. doubler is at rank #8,838, tagged as averb, 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 26769, this pair ranks #332,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doublée vs doubler
Shared letters: bdelou. Private to "doublée": é. Private to "doubler": r.
"doublée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "doubler" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doubler ← ddoubler · dobuler · doubbler · doubelr · doublerr · doubller · doublre · doulber
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doublée" for "doubler" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "doublée" or "doubler" show up more?
What to do next
"doublée" and "doubler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "doublée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doubler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,967 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doublée" and "doubler" 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 #332,967 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.