doléance
\dɔ.le.ɑ̃s\
The verdict
“doléance” is uncommon French (frequency #93,688 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,688
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de souffrance qui rend dolent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-doleance · doléance · French
doléance · rank #93,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,688
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dok
Nearest frequency peer: dok (-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 « doléance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dodus
dodus
6,316 corpus weight
- dok
dok
6,314 corpus weight
- doléance
doléance
6,313 corpus weight
- dormiront
dormiront
6,312 corpus weight
- douars
douars
6,311 corpus weight
- drip
drip
6,310 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « doléance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doléance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.le.ɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #93,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « doléance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
doléance is uncommon French at frequency #93,688 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.le.ɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for doléance, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is doléance, spelled D-O-L-É-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1État de souffrance qui rend dolent.
- 2Plainte pour réclamer, récriminer.
- 3Demandes ou représentations contenues dans les cahiers des états généraux ou provinciaux, pour demander le redressement de quelque grief, la diminution ou la suppression d’un impôt, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doléance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En voyant que son pénitent en revenait toujours à la honte de son inertie et à cet état de comateuse doléance dans lequel le plongeait la transe du Sacrement, le vieux prêtre lui dit : […].
Elle recommença ses doléances, elle se mit à geindre de plus belle sur le manque de fortune qui la faisait échouer au port.
Synonyms
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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.
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