doctrice
\dɔk.tʁis\
The verdict
“doctrice” 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-doctrice · doctrice · French
doctrice · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | doctrice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔk.tʁis\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « doctrice » en français
Rare enough to double-check
doctrice is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔk.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
doctrice has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is doctrice, spelled D-O-C-T-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Femme promue dans une université au grade le plus élevé de quelque faculté.
- 2Femme titulaire d’un doctorat en médecine. Professionnelle de santé chargée de guérir et soigner les maladies, les pathologies, les blessures.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doctrice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est là que Marie Dalle Donne fut proclamée, en 1800, doctrice en philosophie et en médecine, après avoir soutenu de la manière la plus distinguée une thèse latine d’anatomie et de physiologie.
Je ne doute pas que nos enfants, quand ils auront attrapé des maladies honteuses, n’aillent montrer leur cas à des doctrices en médecine.
This word in other languages
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.