Which to use
“douches” and “duchés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,015
- “douches” frequency rank
- #39,757
- “duchés” frequency rank
- 53772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | douches | duchés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de douche. | Pluriel de duché. |
Where the eye mixes douches and duchés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. douches runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against duchés's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses douches with duchés
A purely visual mix-up. douches (\duʃ\) and duchés (\dy.ʃe\) 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 53772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
douches is recorded at frequency rank #14,015, classified as anoun, pronounced \duʃ\. duchés is at rank #39,757, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dy.ʃe\.
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 53772, this pair ranks #138,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of douches vs duchés
Shared letters: cdhsu. Private to "douches": eo. Private to "duchés": é.
"douches" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "duchés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- douches ← ddouches · docuhes · doucches · doucehs · douchess · douchhes · douchse · douhces
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "douches" and "duchés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "douches" or "duchés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "douches" and "duchés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "douches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duchés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "douches" and "duchés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dèche vs duchés". 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 #138,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.