Which to use
“dog” and “dogs” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,326
- “dog” frequency rank
- #18,312
- “dogs” frequency rank
- 26638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dog | dogs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cão, cachorro | plural de dog |
Where the eye mixes dog and dogs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: dog vs dogs
A purely visual mix-up. dog (/dɔɡ/) and dogs (/dɔɡz/) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “dog” sits inside “dogs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dog is recorded at frequency rank #8,326, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɔɡ/. dogs is at rank #18,312, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɔɡz/.
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 26638, this pair ranks #42,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dog vs dogs
Shared letters: dgo. Private to "dog": -. Private to "dogs": s.
"dog" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "dogs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dogs ← ddogs · dgos · doggs · dogss · dosg · odgs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dog" and "dogs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dog" or "dogs"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dog" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dogs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dog" and "dogs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dogs vs drogo". 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 #42,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.