Which to use
“doués” is an adjective and “doute” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,248
- “doués” frequency rank
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- 14737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doués | doute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de doué. | Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation. |
Where the eye mixes doués and doute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: doués vs doute
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: doués is \dwe\ while doute is \dut\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doués is recorded at frequency rank #14,248, classified as anadj, pronounced \dwe\. doute is at rank #489, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dut\.
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 14737, this pair ranks #395,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doués vs doute
Shared letters: dou. Private to "doués": sé. Private to "doute": et.
"doués" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- doute ← ddoute · dotue · douet · doutte · duote · odute
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doués" and "doute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "doués" or "doute" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doués" and "doute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "déçues vs doués". 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 #395,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.