Which to use
“douées” and “doués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,709
- “douées” frequency rank
- #14,248
- “doués” frequency rank
- 60957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | douées | doués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de doué. | Masculin pluriel de doué. |
Same sound, different letters: douées vs doués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. douées runs 6 letters (CVVVVC) against doués's 5 (CVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - douées and doués
This is the hard kind. douées and doués are pronounced identically (\dwe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
douées is recorded at frequency rank #46,709, classified as anadj, pronounced \dwe\. doués is at rank #14,248, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dwe\.
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 60957, this pair ranks #94,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of douées vs doués
Shared letters: dosué. Private to "douées": e. Private to "doués": -.
"douées" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC · "doués" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "douées" / "doués". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "douées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "douées" and "doués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dombes vs douées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #94,855 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.