Which to use
“door” is an adverb and “dote” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,282
- “door” frequency rank
- #20,580
- “dote” frequency rank
- 40862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | door | dote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | avante, em frente: | bens próprios e exclusivos da mulher casada |
Where the eye mixes door and dote
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses door with dote
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: door is /dʊː/ while dote is /ˈdɔ.tɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
door is recorded at frequency rank #20,282, classified as anadv, pronounced /dʊː/. dote is at rank #20,580, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɔ.tɨ/.
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 40862, this pair ranks #25,173 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of door vs dote
Shared letters: do. Private to "door": r. Private to "dote": et.
"door" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "dote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "door" for "dote" ever safe?
Which is more common, "door" or "dote"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "door" and "dote" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "door" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,173 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "door" and "dote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dote". 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 #25,173 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.