Which to use
“douzième” and “XIIe” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,114
- “douzième” frequency rank
- #17,041
- “XIIe” frequency rank
- 33155
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | douzième | XIIe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne l’ordinal ou la fraction douzième. | Douzième. |
Same sound, different letters: douzième vs XIIe
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 2 letters. douzième runs 8 letters (CVVCVVCV) against XIIe's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - douzième and XIIe
This is the hard kind. douzième and XIIe are pronounced identically (\du.zjɛm\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33155, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
douzième is recorded at frequency rank #16,114, classified as anadj, pronounced \du.zjɛm\. XIIe is at rank #17,041, tagged as anadj, pronounced \du.zjɛm\.
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 33155, this pair ranks #292,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of douzième vs XIIe
Shared letters: ei. Private to "douzième": dmouzè. Private to "XIIe": x.
"douzième" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCV · "XIIe" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- XIIe ← ixie · xiei · xxiie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "douzième" for "XIIe" ever safe?
Frequency check: "douzième" vs "XIIe" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"douzième" and "XIIe" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "douzième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "XIIe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,505 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "douzième" and "XIIe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Xiao vs XIIe". 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 #292,505 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.