domaine

[dɔ.mɛn]

/[dɔ.mɛn]/ noun

The verdict

“domaine” is uncommon German (frequency #72,305 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,305
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abteilung, Fach, Bauernhof, Besitzung, Gut, Landgut, Bauerngut

Corpus desk

Index DE-domaine · domaine · German

domaine · rank #72,305 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,305
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH diseases

Nearest frequency peer: diseases (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „domaine“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „domaine“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for domaine
PropertyValue
Headworddomaine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɔ.mɛn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,305
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „domaine“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.domainefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „diseases“ (#72,304), „Dirigentin“ (#72,303), „diktatorische“ (#72,302). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „domaine“ bei #72,305. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

domaine is uncommon German at frequency #72,305 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɔ.mɛn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abteilung, Fach, Bauernhof, Besitzung, Gut, Landgut, Bauerngut".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for domaine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is domaine, spelled D-O-M-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abteilung, Fach, Bauernhof, Besitzung, Gut, Landgut, Bauerngut

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "domaine"?
"domaine" is spelled D-O-M-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dɔ.mɛn].
What does "domaine" mean?
As a noun, "domaine" means: Abteilung, Fach, Bauernhof, Besitzung, Gut, Landgut, Bauerngut
How do you pronounce "domaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "domaine" is [dɔ.mɛn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "domaine" come from?
"domaine" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "domaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list