Which to use
“doute” and “dove” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #489
- “doute” frequency rank
- #35,471
- “dove” frequency rank
- 35960
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doute | dove |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Incertitude sur l’existence ou la vérité d’une chose, sur l'exactitude ou la fausseté d’une idée, d’une affirmation. | Douve. |
Letter map: doute vs dove
Shared letters muted; letters that set doute and dove apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. doute runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against dove's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: doute and dove
doute and dove are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doute is recorded at frequency rank #489, classified as anoun, pronounced \dut\. dove is at rank #35,471, tagged as anoun.
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 35960, this pair ranks #272,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doute vs dove
Shared letters: deo. Private to "doute": tu. Private to "dove": v.
"doute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "dove" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doute" and "dove" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "doute" vs "dove" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "doute" and "dove".
- Full dictionary entry for "doute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dove" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doute" and "dove" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domi vs dove". 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 #272,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.