docteuse
\dɔk.tøz\
The verdict
“docteuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme promue dans une université au grade le plus élevé de quelque faculté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-docteuse · docteuse · French
docteuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | docteuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔk.tøz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « docteuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
docteuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔk.tøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for docteuse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is docteuse, spelled D-O-C-T-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Femme promue dans une université au grade le plus élevé de quelque faculté.
- 2Femme médecin.
- 3Épouse ou fille d’un docteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how docteuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et puis ça peut servir tu peux devenir… avocate ! magistrate ! docteuse en droit […] !
Donc il n’y a plus eu de doctoresses pendant très longtemps. « Docteuse », « doctrice », « docteure »… Ces autres formes indiquent qu’on a cherché des façons de contourner l’obstacle, car nommer les personnes correspond à un besoin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.