Dolto
The verdict
“Dolto” is uncommon French (frequency #61,453 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,453
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dolto · Dolto · French
Dolto · rank #61,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,453
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH doctrinal
Nearest frequency peer: doctrinal (-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 « Dolto »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- divulguée
divulguée
38,551 corpus weight
- djellaba
djellaba
38,550 corpus weight
- doctrinal
doctrinal
38,549 corpus weight
- Dolto
Dolto
38,548 corpus weight
- dormants
dormants
38,547 corpus weight
- Dorset
Dorset
38,546 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dolto » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dolto |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dolto » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dolto is uncommon French at frequency #61,453 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dolto, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dolto, spelled D-O-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dolto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La première serait implantée au lieu-dit Les Groies, à 300 mètres environ à vol d’oiseau de l’école maternelle Françoise Dolto et de l’accueil de loisirs municipal.
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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