dogme

/\dɔɡm\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,658

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dogme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Vérité indiscutable définie par l’autorité compétente ; objet de foi. Pronounced \dɔɡm\. Often confused with dom and Dose.

Key facts for dogme
PropertyValue
Headworddogme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔɡm\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,658
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dogme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dogme is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔɡm\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,658 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for dogme, with forms such as "ddogme", "dgome", and "dogem". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dom", "Dose", "doré", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dogme, spelled D-O-G-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vérité indiscutable définie par l’autorité compétente ; objet de foi.
  2. 2
    Point capital de doctrine ; vérité considérée comme incontestable par l’Église, par une église chrétienne, ou par une autre religion.
  3. 3
    Théorie à laquelle on adhère ou demande d'adhérer alors qu'elle n'est pas vérifiée scientifiquement.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddogme,dgome,dogem,doggme,dogmme,domge,odgme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dogme

Misspelling Variants of "dogme"

ddogme6dgome5dogem5doggme6dogmme6domge5odgme5
Misspelling Variants of "dogme"

Frequency rank: #14,658 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dogme"?
"dogme" is spelled D-O-G-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔɡm\.
What does "dogme" mean?
As a noun, "dogme" means: Vérité indiscutable définie par l’autorité compétente ; objet de foi.
What words are commonly confused with "dogme"?
"dogme" is commonly confused with "dom", "Dose", "doré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dogme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dogme" is \dɔɡm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dogme" come from?
"dogme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.