doge

\dɔʒ\

/\dɔʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“doge” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,985) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#34,985
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de la dignité du chef des anciennes républiques de Venise et de Gênes, élu parmi les familles aristocratiques de la ville.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doge · doge · French

doge · rank #34,985 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,985
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH disproportion…

Nearest frequency peer: disproportionné (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « doge »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « doge » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

doge vs dos
50% similar
doge vs don
50% similar
doge vs due
50% similar

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

Key facts for doge
PropertyValue
Headworddoge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔʒ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,985
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « doge »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dogese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « disproportionné » (#34,984), « dojo » (#34,986), « disposera » (#34,983). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doge » est au #34,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for doge is neighbouring look-alikes ("dos", "don", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \dɔʒ\. Frequency #34,985 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Nom de la dignité du chef des anciennes républiques de Venise et de Gênes, élu parmi les familles aristocratiques de la ville.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for doge, with forms such as "dgoe", "doeg", and "dogge". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dos", "don", "due", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is doge, spelled D-O-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de la dignité du chef des anciennes républiques de Venise et de Gênes, élu parmi les familles aristocratiques de la ville.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le palais des Doges.
  2. Non pas, non pas, cria-t-on de tous côtés ; il y a encore Venise. — Venise la reine des mers ! — Le lion de Saint-Marc ! — Le Bucentaure ! — Le doge ! — Quel homme qu’un doge !…

This word in other languages

doge(English)Doge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dgoe
  • doeg
  • dogge
  • odge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doge - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dgoe2doeg2dogge1odge2
Edit distance from "doge"

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 "doge"?
"doge" is spelled D-O-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔʒ\.
What does "doge" mean?
As a noun, "doge" means: Nom de la dignité du chef des anciennes républiques de Venise et de Gênes, élu parmi les familles aristocratiques de la ville.
What words are commonly confused with "doge"?
"doge" is commonly confused with "dos", "don", "due". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doge" is \dɔʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doge" come from?
"doge" 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 "doge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

dojo#34,986disc#34,982dies#34,980each#35,010

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list