doublentvsdoublerWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#43,391
“doublent” frequency rank
#8,838
“doubler” frequency rank
52229
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature doublent doubler
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de doubler. Rendre double ; mettre le double ; augmenter d’une fois autant ; multiplier par deux.

Where the eye mixes doublent and doubler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. doublent runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against doubler's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
doublent
7 ch
doubler

Why the eye confuses doublent with doubler

A purely visual mix-up. doublent (\dubl\) and doubler (\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 52229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

doublent is recorded at frequency rank #43,391, classified as averb, pronounced \dubl\. 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 52229, this pair ranks #149,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of doublent vs doubler

Shared letters: bdelou. Private to "doublent": nt. Private to "doubler": r.

"doublent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC  ·  "doubler" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doublent ← ddoublent · dobulent · doubblent · doubelnt · doublennt · doublentt · doubletn · doubllent
  • doubler ← ddoubler · dobuler · doubbler · doubelr · doublerr · doubller · doublre · doulber

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "doublent" for "doubler" 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.
In ordinary French text, does "doublent" or "doubler" show up more?
"doubler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,838 in our French list, against #43,391 for "doublent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "doublent" 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 #149,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "doublent" and "doubler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doublent 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 #149,176 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