docile
\dɔ.sil\
The verdict
“docile” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,939
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de la disposition à se laisser conduire et diriger. Qui obéit facilement. Caractère docile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-docile · docile · French
docile · rank #24,939 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,939
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH divorcés
Nearest frequency peer: divorcés (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “docile”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dissuasion
dissuasion
75,065 corpus weight
- diverse
diverse
75,064 corpus weight
- divorcés
divorcés
75,063 corpus weight
- docile
docile
75,062 corpus weight
- douzaines
douzaines
75,061 corpus weight
- dressée
dressée
75,060 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “docile” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | docile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɔ.sil\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “docile” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around docile (IPA \dɔ.sil\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,939 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for docile, with forms such as "dcoile", "ddocile", and "doccile". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Dole", "doive", "double", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is docile, spelled D-O-C-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a de la disposition à se laisser conduire et diriger. Qui obéit facilement. Caractère docile.
- 2Qui a de la disposition à céder, à obéir.
- 3(a priori hors d'un champ de domination et de servitude) Qui se laisse instruire et éduquer. Un bon élève est par définition docile.
- 4Se dit aussi, des animaux domestiques dressés ou élevés, et ainsi préparés à des tâches spécifiques. L'adjectif s'applique même à des choses, par exemple à des matières qui se prêtent à un travail de transformation, qui obéissent à une mise en forme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how docile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait bien un peu de négligence, chez eux, à son égard. Ils étaient moins empressés à le servir, moins dociles, désobéissant souvent à ses ordres, ….
Le duc d’Orléans était leur garant, leur pavillon, leur espoir. Ils le savaient futile, versatile, influençable, […], docile à toutes les flagorneries, aussi dépourvu de sens critique que de sens pratique, joueur, débauché, dépensier, […]
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcoile
- ddocile
- doccile
- dociel
- docille
- doclie
- doicle
- odcile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of docile - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "docile", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "docile" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Dole". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,939 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.