dock
\dɔk\
The verdict
“dock” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #31,449 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,449
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vaste bassin entouré de quais, dans lequel entrent les vaisseaux pour déposer leurs cargaisons ou opérer leur chargement.
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 | dock |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔk\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dock” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dock is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔk\. Corpus data places it at rank #31,449 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Vaste bassin entouré de quais, dans lequel entrent les vaisseaux pour déposer leurs cargaisons ou opérer leur chargement.
- 2Quelqu’un des magasins qui bordent ce bassin et qui servent d’entrepôts aux marchandises débarquées ; et, par une extension nouvelle, entrepôts ordinaires sans bassin.
- 3Élément d’interface graphique permettant un accès rapide à des applications et fichiers.
- 4Station d’accueil d’un appareil informatique portable en lui offrant du courant électrique et une connectivité à divers périphériques.
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “dock”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-C-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dos” - see the side-by-side comparison. dock vs dos
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.