Which to use
“doutaient” and “doutait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,117
- “doutaient” frequency rank
- #19,261
- “doutait” frequency rank
- 65378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doutaient | doutait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de douter. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de douter. |
Same sound, different letters: doutaient vs doutait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. doutaient runs 9 letters (CVVCVVVCC) against doutait's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: doutaient vs doutait
This is the hard kind. doutaient and doutait are pronounced identically (\du.tɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doutaient is recorded at frequency rank #46,117, classified as averb, pronounced \du.tɛ\. doutait is at rank #19,261, tagged as averb, pronounced \du.tɛ\.
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 65378, this pair ranks #72,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doutaient vs doutait
Shared letters: adiotu. Private to "doutaient": en. Private to "doutait": -.
"doutaient" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVVCC · "doutait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doutaient" and "doutait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "doutaient" or "doutait"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "doutaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doutait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doutaient" and "doutait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doutaient vs doutant". 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 #72,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.