dock

\dɔk\

/\dɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“dock” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,449
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vaste bassin entouré de quais, dans lequel entrent les vaisseaux pour déposer leurs cargaisons ou opérer leur chargement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dock · dock · French

dock · rank #31,449 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,449
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dixièmes

Nearest frequency peer: dixièmes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dock »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dock » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dock vs dos
50% similar
dock vs don
50% similar
dock vs duc
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dock
PropertyValue
Headworddock
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,449
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dock »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dockse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dixièmes » (#31,448), « domingo » (#31,450), « diversifiés » (#31,447). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dock » est au #31,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around dock (IPA \dɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,449 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dock, with forms such as "dcok", "ddock", and "docck". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dos", "don", "duc", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dock, spelled D-O-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vaste bassin entouré de quais, dans lequel entrent les vaisseaux pour déposer leurs cargaisons ou opérer leur chargement.
  2. 2
    Quelqu’un des magasins qui bordent ce bassin et qui servent d’entrepôts aux marchandises débarquées ; et, par une extension nouvelle, entrepôts ordinaires sans bassin.
  3. 3
    Élément d’interface graphique permettant un accès rapide à des applications et fichiers.
  4. 4
    Station d’accueil d’un appareil informatique portable en lui offrant du courant électrique et une connectivité à divers périphériques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est après les percements urbains du XIXᵉ siècle, et surtout après les bombardements du quartier du Panier lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, que les premières traces des docks romains sont apparues dans les décombres.
  2. Leur forêt de mâts ne se montrait qu’en aval, dans une profonde entaille de la rive gauche, où la forêt semblait être plus épaisse encore. « Ce sont les docks, sans doute ?… dit P’tit-Bonhomme.

This word in other languages

dock(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcok
  • ddock
  • docck
  • dockk
  • dokc
  • odck

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dock - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

dcok2ddock1docck1dockk1dokc2odck2
Edit distance from "dock"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dock"?
"dock" is spelled D-O-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔk\.
What does "dock" mean?
As a noun, "dock" means: Vaste bassin entouré de quais, dans lequel entrent les vaisseaux pour déposer leurs cargaisons ou opérer leur chargement.
What words are commonly confused with "dock"?
"dock" is commonly confused with "dos", "don", "duc". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dock"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dock" is \dɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dock" come from?
"dock" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dare#31,436Cros#31,428croc#31,426Elon#31,473

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Debbie6 variantsEliza6 variantshours6 variantsIndie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list