Which to use
“doutent” and “douter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,700
- “doutent” frequency rank
- #5,445
- “douter” frequency rank
- 26145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doutent | douter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de douter. | Être dans l’incertitude, n’être pas sûr. |
Where the eye mixes doutent and douter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: doutent vs douter
A purely visual mix-up. doutent (\dut\) and douter (\du.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doutent is recorded at frequency rank #20,700, classified as averb, pronounced \dut\. douter is at rank #5,445, tagged as averb, pronounced \du.te\.
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 26145, this pair ranks #336,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doutent vs douter
Shared letters: deotu. Private to "doutent": n. Private to "douter": r.
"doutent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "douter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "doutent" and "douter" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "doutent" or "douter"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "doutent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "douter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #336,864 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doutent" and "douter" 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 #336,864 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.