Which to use
“don” is a noun and “doze” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,306
- “don” frequency rank
- #3,982
- “doze” frequency rank
- 8288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | don | doze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | professor universitário (especialmente da Universidade de Oxford ou de Cambridge) | número equivalente a onze mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha uma dúzia de elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 12 (algarismos arábicos), XII (algarismos romanos) ou 1100 (representação binária) |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set don and doze apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
don and doze form a confusable pair in the Portuguese index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
don is recorded at frequency rank #4,306, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɒn/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). doze is at rank #3,982, tagged as anum, pronounced /ˈdo.zɨ/.
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 8288, this pair ranks #65,535 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering don vs doze
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “don”; for a num, it's “doze”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “don” entry
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