dogues

\dɔɡ\

/\dɔɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“dogues” is uncommon French (frequency #55,204 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,204
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de dogue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dogues · dogues · French

dogues · rank #55,204 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,204
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dominateurs

Nearest frequency peer: dominateurs (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « dogues »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dogues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dogues
PropertyValue
Headworddogues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔɡ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,204
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dogues » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.doguestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dominateurs » (#55,205), « doctorante » (#55,202), « doutons » (#55,206). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dogues » est au #55,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dogues is uncommon French at frequency #55,204 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de dogue.".

dogues has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dogues, spelled D-O-G-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de dogue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le bruit de cette chute souleva une tempête de jappements féroces parmi tous les dogues, mâtins et molosses qui faisaient ripaille à la ronde.

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 "dogues"?
"dogues" is spelled D-O-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔɡ\.
What does "dogues" mean?
As a noun, "dogues" means: Pluriel de dogue.
How do you pronounce "dogues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dogues" is \dɔɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dogues" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dogues", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list