doigter

\dwa.te\

/\dwa.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“doigter” is uncommon French (frequency #72,249 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,249
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Placer, poser, faire agir les doigts selon une certaine méthode sur l’instrument dont on joue. Se dit surtout en parlant des instruments à touches ou à manche, tels que le piano et le violon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doigter · doigter · French

doigter · rank #72,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,249
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH DNB

Nearest frequency peer: DNB (-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 « doigter »

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 « doigter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for doigter
PropertyValue
Headworddoigter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dwa.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,249
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « doigter » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).doigtertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « DNB » (#72,248), « domiciliaire » (#72,251), « Djeddah » (#72,246). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doigter » est au #72,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

doigter is uncommon French at frequency #72,249 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dwa.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for doigter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is doigter, spelled D-O-I-G-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Placer, poser, faire agir les doigts selon une certaine méthode sur l’instrument dont on joue. Se dit surtout en parlant des instruments à touches ou à manche, tels que le piano et le violon.
  2. 2
    Indiquer sur une partition les doigts à utiliser.
  3. 3
    Stimuler le vagin, le clitoris ou l’anus en y introduisant un ou plusieurs doigts ou en caressant en surface.
  4. 4
    Désigner du doigt.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a une manière de doigter fort curieuse.
  2. Doigtez bien ce passage, exécutez-le en employant les doigts comme il convient.

This word in other languages

finger(English)dedear(Español)

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 "doigter"?
"doigter" is spelled D-O-I-G-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dwa.te\.
What does "doigter" mean?
As a verb, "doigter" means: Placer, poser, faire agir les doigts selon une certaine méthode sur l’instrument dont on joue. Se dit surtout en parlant des instruments à touches ou à manche, tels que le piano et le violon.
How do you pronounce "doigter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doigter" is \dwa.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doigter" come from?
"doigter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Djeddah#72,246Duchêne#72,260dyspnée#72,262décroit#72,271

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list