doline
\dɔ.lin\
The verdict
“doline” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépression de terrain karstique dont le fond argileux et fertile est constitué d’argiles de décalcification.
Corpus desk
Index FR-doline · doline · French
doline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.lin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
doline is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dépression de terrain karstique dont le fond argileux et fertile est constitué d’argiles de décalcification.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for doline in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is doline, spelled D-O-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Dépression de terrain karstique dont le fond argileux et fertile est constitué d’argiles de décalcification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how doline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une doline… c’est une fissure, un cratère, comme une crevasse de glacier, mais dans le karst…
Une sorte de plateau karstique, creusé de peu profondes dolines et rehaussé d'arches de pierres rousses apparut devant nous.
This word in other languages
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