douceur
noun
douceur is spelled D-O-U-C-E-U-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, douceur means “Sweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of douceur is douceurs.
How many letters and syllables are in douceur?
| Letters | 7: D-O-U-C-E-U-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is douceur?
Douceur appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce douceur?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-douceur.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of douceur
- douceurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does douceur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Sweetness of manner: agreeableness, gentleness.
- 2
obsoleteSweet speech: a compliment.
- 3
A sweetener: a gift offered to sweeten another's attitude, a tip or bribe.
- 4
UKA tax break provided as an inducement to sell valuable items (especially art) to public collections rather than on the open market.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does douceur come from?
Borrowed from French douceur (“sweetness”), from Old French dolçor, dulcur, etc., from Latin dulcōr + -em, from dulcis (“sweet”). Naturalized in Middle English as douceoure, dousour but treated as a French loanword from the 17th century onward. Doublet of dulcour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).