dollar

\dɔ.laʁ\

/\dɔ.laʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dollar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,496
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom générique donné à l’unité monétaire de nombreux pays, généralement divisée en 100 cents. Son symbole est $ (Unicode U+0024).

Corpus desk

Index FR-dollar · dollar · French

dollar · rank #6,496 · 7 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,496
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH duel

Nearest frequency peer: duel (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dollar »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dollar » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dollar vs dolly
67% similar
dollar vs dollars
86% similar
dollar vs doll
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dollar
PropertyValue
Headworddollar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.laʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,496
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dollar »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dollarse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « duel » (#6,497), « défilé » (#6,498), « devienne » (#6,493). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dollar » est au #6,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dollar (IPA \dɔ.laʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,496 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dollar, with forms such as "ddollar", "dlolar", and "dolalr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dolly", "dollars", "doll", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dollar, spelled D-O-L-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom générique donné à l’unité monétaire de nombreux pays, généralement divisée en 100 cents. Son symbole est $ (Unicode U+0024).
  2. 2
    Dollar américain (USD).
  3. 3
    Dollar canadien (CAD).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Américains en fait de Dieu n’en connaissent qu’un seul : Le Dieu Dollar ! qui de tout temps a été le seul adoré par les pirates de toutes les contrées.
  2. Il apprit que cent seize millions de dollars-or avaient quitté la Trésorerie en un jour, happés par une nation en panique.

Synonyms

billet vertpiastre

This word in other languages

dollar(English)dólar(Español)Dollar(Deutsch)dólar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddollar
  • dlolar
  • dolalr
  • dolar
  • dollarr
  • dollra
  • odllar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dollar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddollar1dlolar2dolalr2dolar1dollarr1dollra2odllar2
Edit distance from "dollar"

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 "dollar"?
"dollar" is spelled D-O-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.laʁ\.
What does "dollar" mean?
As a noun, "dollar" means: Nom générique donné à l’unité monétaire de nombreux pays, généralement divisée en 100 cents. Son symbole est $ (Unicode U+0024).
What words are commonly confused with "dollar"?
"dollar" is commonly confused with "dolly", "dollars", "doll". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dollar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dollar" is \dɔ.laʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dollar" come from?
"dollar" 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 "dollar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

défilé#6,498dépôts#6,499couché#6,487balade#6,465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Davis7 variantsnazis7 variantspoing7 variantspneus7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list