document

\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\

/\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“document” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,361
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écrit qui sert de preuve ou de renseignement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-document · document · French

document · rank #2,361 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,361
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dispose

Nearest frequency peer: dispose (-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 « document »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « document » 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).

document vs dûment
63% similar
document vs dorment
75% similar
document vs doutent
75% similar

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

Key facts for document
PropertyValue
Headworddocument
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,361
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « document »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).documentse 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 « dispose » (#2,360), « domaines » (#2,362), « couverture » (#2,359). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « document » est au #2,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around document (IPA \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,361 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for document, with forms such as "dcoument", "ddocument", and "doccument". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "dûment", "dorment", "doutent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is document, spelled D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrit qui sert de preuve ou de renseignement.
  2. 2
    Source de renseignement ou de preuve, quel que soit le support matériel (film, photographie, disquette, etc.)
  3. 3
    Pièce justificative qui permet d’identifier une marchandise ou une personne.
  4. 4
    Fichier informatique.
  5. 5
    Réalisation définitive avant reproduction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout ce qui existe de documents, sa piété fureteuse, sa curiosité passionnée l'ont rassemblé.
  2. L’historien ne recueille que des choses mortes. […]. En fait la réalité importe peu à l’historien, ce qu'il veut c'est des documents.

Synonyms

enregistrementpapiers

This word in other languages

document(English)acta(Español)Akt(Deutsch)auto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcoument
  • ddocument
  • doccument
  • docmuent
  • docuemnt
  • documennt
  • documentt
  • documetn
  • documment
  • documnet
  • doucment
  • odcument

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of document - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

dcoument2ddocument1doccument1docmuent2docuemnt2documennt1documentt1documetn2
Edit distance from "document"

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 "document"?
"document" is spelled D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\.
What does "document" mean?
As a noun, "document" means: Écrit qui sert de preuve ou de renseignement.
What words are commonly confused with "document"?
"document" is commonly confused with "dûment", "dorment", "doutent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "document"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "document" is \dɔ.ky.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "document" come from?
"document" 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 "document", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

domaines#2,362empereur#2,364chansons#2,354archives#2,351

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

salariés12 variantsspéciale12 variantsétudiant12 variantscollectif12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list