Which to use
“doutait” and “doutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,261
- “doutait” frequency rank
- #20,700
- “doutent” frequency rank
- 39961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doutait | doutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de douter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de douter. |
Where the eye mixes doutait and doutent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. doutait (CVVCVVC) and doutent (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses doutait with doutent
A purely visual mix-up. doutait (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doutait is recorded at frequency rank #19,261, 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 39961, this pair ranks #244,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doutait vs doutent
Shared letters: dotu. Private to "doutait": ai. Private to "doutent": en.
"doutait" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "doutent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doutait" and "doutent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "doutait" vs "doutent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doutait" 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 #244,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doutait" and "doutent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doutant vs doutent". 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 #244,063 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.