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.
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
- duque ← dduque · dquue · duqeu · duqque · duuqe · udque
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dublê" and "duque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dublê" vs "duque" - which ranks higher?
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.