dogue de Bordeaux
\dɔɡ də bɔʁ.do\
The verdict
“dogue de Bordeaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Race de chien dogue originaire du sud-ouest de la France, grand chien brachycéphale, au poil fin, de couleur fauve, devenu maintenant chien de garde et de défense, et chien de compagnie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dogue de Bordeaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔɡ də bɔʁ.do\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dogue de Bordeaux” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dogue de Bordeaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔɡ də bɔʁ.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Race de chien dogue originaire du sud-ouest de la France, grand chien brachycéphale, au poil fin, de couleur fauve, devenu maintenant chien de garde et de défense, et chien de compagnie.".
dogue de Bordeaux has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dogue de Bordeaux, spelled D-O-G-U-E- -D-E- -B-O-R-D-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Race de chien dogue originaire du sud-ouest de la France, grand chien brachycéphale, au poil fin, de couleur fauve, devenu maintenant chien de garde et de défense, et chien de compagnie.
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.
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Using “dogue de Bordeaux”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-O-G-U-E- -D-E- -B-O-R-D-E-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔɡ də bɔʁ.do\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.