Which to use
“doutent” is a verb and “dûment” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,700
- “doutent” frequency rank
- #19,529
- “dûment” frequency rank
- 40229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doutent | dûment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de douter. | Selon la raison, selon le droit, selon les formes. |
Where the eye mixes doutent and dûment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. doutent runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against dûment's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses doutent with dûment
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: doutent is \dut\ while dûment is \dy.mɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40229, 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\. dûment is at rank #19,529, tagged as anadv, pronounced \dy.mɑ̃\.
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 40229, this pair ranks #242,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of doutent vs dûment
Shared letters: dent. Private to "doutent": ou. Private to "dûment": mû.
"doutent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "dûment" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- doutent ← ddoutent · dotuent · douetnt · doutennt · doutentt · doutetn · doutnet · douttent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "doutent" for "dûment" ever safe?
Which is more common, "doutent" or "dûment"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "doutent" and "dûment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "doutent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dûment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doutent" and "dûment" 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 #242,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.