Which to use
“doutaient” and “doutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,117
- “doutaient” frequency rank
- #20,700
- “doutent” frequency rank
- 66817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doutaient | doutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de douter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de douter. |
Where the eye mixes doutaient and doutent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: doutaient vs doutent
A purely visual mix-up. doutaient (\du.tɛ\) and doutent (\dut\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66817, 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\. doutent is at rank #20,700, tagged as averb, 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 66817, this pair ranks #66,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of doutaient vs doutent
Shared letters: denotu. Private to "doutaient": ai. Private to "doutent": -.
"doutaient" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVVCC · "doutent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doutaient" and "doutent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "doutaient" vs "doutent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doutaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doutent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doutaient" and "doutent" 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 #66,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.