Which to use
“doutent” is a verb and “douteux” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,700
- “doutent” frequency rank
- #9,641
- “douteux” frequency rank
- 30341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doutent | douteux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de douter. | Qui est l'objet d'un doute, faute d'éléments suffisants d'information. |
Where the eye mixes doutent and douteux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. doutent (CVVCVCC) and douteux (CVVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between doutent and douteux
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: doutent is \dut\ while douteux is \du.tø\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30341, 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\. douteux is at rank #9,641, tagged as anadj, pronounced \du.tø\.
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 30341, this pair ranks #310,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doutent vs douteux
Shared letters: deotu. Private to "doutent": n. Private to "douteux": x.
"doutent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "douteux" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doutent" and "douteux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "doutent" vs "douteux" - 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 "doutent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "douteux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doutent" and "douteux" 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 #310,979 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.