Which to use
“douter” and “doutez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,445
- “douter” frequency rank
- #22,831
- “doutez” frequency rank
- 28276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | douter | doutez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être dans l’incertitude, n’être pas sûr. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de douter. |
Same sound, different letters: douter vs doutez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: douter vs doutez
This is the hard kind. douter and doutez are pronounced identically (\du.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “douter” becomes z in “doutez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
douter is recorded at frequency rank #5,445, classified as averb, pronounced \du.te\. doutez is at rank #22,831, 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 28276, this pair ranks #323,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of douter vs doutez
Shared letters: deotu. Private to "douter": r. Private to "doutez": z.
"douter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "doutez" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "douter" and "doutez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "douter" or "doutez" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "douter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "doutez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #323,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "douter" and "doutez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "douées vs doutez". 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 #323,836 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.