dok

noun

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The verdict

“dok” is uncommon French (frequency #93,687 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,687
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dock, espace où l’on met un navire à sec.

Key facts for dok
PropertyValue
Headworddok
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#93,687
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dok” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dok lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dok is uncommon French at frequency #93,687 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dok, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 dok, spelled D-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dock, espace où l’on met un navire à sec.
  2. 2
    Cale, bassin dans le port.
  3. 3
    Sautereau, mécanique d'un instrument à cordes pincées.

Synonyms

haven

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 "dok"?
"dok" is spelled D-O-K.
What does "dok" mean?
As a noun, "dok" means: Dock, espace où l’on met un navire à sec.
What language does "dok" come from?
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Using “dok”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-O-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list