どれ

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

usually written using kana alone

Interrogative pronoun used when choosing from three or more items. For two items, use どちら or どっち.

Related words

どちらN5sense 1
どれ asks which one among three or more choices, while どちら is used for two choices (or as the polite form for either two or many) and also doubles as a polite way to ask 'where' or 'who'.
いずれN3
どれ is the casual interrogative 'which' used for three or more items, while いずれ is a more formal, often written word for the same meaning.
どれどれN1
どれ is the plain, common pronoun for “which,” while どれどれ is a reduplicated, emphatic form rarely used as a pronoun in modern speech.
あれN5
どれ is the question word meaning 'which one?', while あれ is the answer-like form pointing to a specific distant thing.
さあN5
どれ is an old-fashioned way to say 'let's see' before checking something, similar to さあ used to express hesitation, but どれ sounds more dated and formal.

Don't confuse with

どれでも
どれ is the plain interrogative 'which one?', while どれでも adds でも to mean 'any one, whichever' with no question intended.
何なにN5
何 is an open-ended 'what' with no implied choices, whereas どれ means 'which one' and presupposes a known set of options.
これN5
これ is the proximal demonstrative 'this one', while 何れ is the interrogative 'which one' used to ask among three or more options.
それN5
何れ is the interrogative form used to ask 'which one?', whereas それ refers to a specific thing already identified.