Which to use
“doués” and “dupes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,248
- “doués” frequency rank
- #24,552
- “dupes” frequency rank
- 38800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doués | dupes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de doué. | Pluriel de dupe. |
Where the eye mixes doués and dupes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses doués with dupes
A purely visual mix-up. doués (\dwe\) and dupes (\dyp\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38800, 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\. dupes is at rank #24,552, tagged as anadj, pronounced \dyp\.
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 38800, this pair ranks #252,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doués vs dupes
Shared letters: dsu. Private to "doués": oé. Private to "dupes": ep.
"doués" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "dupes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dupes ← ddupes · dpues · dueps · dupess · duppes · dupse · udpes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doués" and "dupes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "doués" or "dupes"?
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 "dupes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doués" and "dupes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "douées vs dupes". 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 #252,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.