dolor

noun

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The verdict

“dolor” is uncommon French (frequency #86,622 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,622
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Douleur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dolor · dolor · French

dolor · rank #86,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,622
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH doni

Nearest frequency peer: doni (+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 « dolor »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dolor
PropertyValue
Headworddolor
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dolor » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dolortombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « doni » (#86,623), « distortion » (#86,620), « doron » (#86,624). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dolor » est au #86,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dolor is uncommon French at frequency #86,622 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Douleur.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dolor, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dolor, spelled D-O-L-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Douleur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Certes, dame, c'est grant dolor.

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 "dolor"?
"dolor" is spelled D-O-L-O-R.
What does "dolor" mean?
As a noun, "dolor" means: Douleur.
What language does "dolor" come from?
"dolor" 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 "dolor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

doron#86,624dunst#86,631durga#86,632darse#86,600

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list