dublêvsduqueTell them apart

Which to use

“dublê” and “duque” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,117
“dublê” frequency rank
#7,145
“duque” frequency rank
37262
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dublê duque
Definition ator que substitui outro em tomadas perigosas ou difíceis título nobiliárquico do governante de um ducado

Where the eye mixes dublê and duque

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
dublê
5 ch
duque

Look-alike desk: dublê vs duque

A purely visual mix-up. dublê (/du.ˈble/) and duque (/ˈdu.kɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dublê is recorded at frequency rank #30,117, classified as anoun, pronounced /du.ˈble/. duque is at rank #7,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdu.kɨ/.

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 37262, this pair ranks #29,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dublê vs duque

Shared letters: du. Private to "dublê": blê. Private to "duque": eq.

"dublê" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "duque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • duquedduque · dquue · duqeu · duqque · duuqe · udque

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dublê" and "duque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/du.ˈble/ versus /ˈdu.kɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dublê" vs "duque" - which ranks higher?
"duque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,145 in our Portuguese list, against #30,117 for "dublê". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "dublê" and "duque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dublê" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "duque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,400 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dublê" and "duque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dub vs dublê". 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 #29,400 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