domestique
/ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/
"domestique" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“domestique” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense o...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | domestique |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “domestique” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
domestique is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense o...".
Zero misspellings are on record for domestique in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, adjective), from Latin domesticus (“of the house, domestic; familiar; native”), from domus (“home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country”). Doublet o… The correct English form is domestique, spelled D-O-M-E-S-T-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.
Etymology
Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, adjective), from Latin domesticus (“of the house, domestic; familiar; native”), from domus (“home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country”). Doublet of domestic.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “domestique”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-O-M-E-S-T-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌdə(ʊ)mɛˈstiːk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.