Which to use
“doutes” and “douteuse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,748
- “doutes” frequency rank
- #14,909
- “douteuse” frequency rank
- 19657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | doutes | douteuse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de doute. | Femme qui est portée à douter. |
Where the eye mixes doutes and douteuse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. doutes runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against douteuse's 8 (CVVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: doutes vs douteuse
A purely visual mix-up. doutes (\dut\) and douteuse (\du.tøz\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
doutes is recorded at frequency rank #4,748, classified as anoun, pronounced \dut\. douteuse is at rank #14,909, tagged as anoun, pronounced \du.tøz\.
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 19657, this pair ranks #372,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of doutes vs douteuse
Shared letters: deostu. Private to "doutes": -. Private to "douteuse": -.
"doutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "douteuse" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "doutes" and "douteuse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "doutes" vs "douteuse" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "doutes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "douteuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "doutes" and "douteuse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "douées vs doutes". 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 #372,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.