dociles

/\dɔ.sil\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,716

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

dociles is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de docile. Pronounced \dɔ.sil\. Often confused with doublés and douilles.

Key facts for dociles
PropertyValue
Headworddociles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\dɔ.sil\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,716
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dociles in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dociles is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.sil\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,716 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de docile.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for dociles, with forms such as "dcoiles", "ddociles", and "docciles". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "doublés", "douilles", "domiciles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dociles, spelled D-O-C-I-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de docile.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dcoiles,ddociles,docciles,dociels,dociless,docilles,docilse,doclies,doicles,odciles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dociles

Misspelling Variants of "dociles"

dcoiles7ddociles8docciles8dociels7dociless8docilles8docilse7doclies7
Misspelling Variants of "dociles"

Frequency rank: #40,716 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dociles"?
"dociles" is spelled D-O-C-I-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.sil\.
What does "dociles" mean?
As an adj, "dociles" means: Pluriel de docile.
What words are commonly confused with "dociles"?
"dociles" is commonly confused with "doublés", "douilles", "domiciles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dociles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dociles" is \dɔ.sil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dociles" come from?
"dociles" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.