dorvsdozeTell them apart

Quick tell: dor is a noun, doze is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dor” is a noun and “doze” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#934
“dor” frequency rank
#3,982
“doze” frequency rank
4916
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dor doze
Definition sensação desagradável: 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)

Letter map: dor vs doze

Shared letters muted; letters that set dor and doze apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
dor
4 ch
doze

Part-of-speech tell for dor / doze

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dor is anoun and dozeanum. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dor is recorded at frequency rank #934, classified as anoun. 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 4916, this pair ranks #69,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dor vs doze

Shared letters: do. Private to "dor": r. Private to "doze": ez.

"dor" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "doze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dozeddoze · doez · dozze · dzoe · odze

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dor" and "doze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dor" is a noun and "doze" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dor" vs "doze" - which ranks higher?
"dor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #934 in our Portuguese list, against #3,982 for "doze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "dor" and "doze". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dor" and "doze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dodo vs doze". 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 #69,818 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list