domaine

/\dɔ.mɛn\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#803

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

domaine is aFrenchnoun. It means: Propriété d’une assez vaste étendue et contenant des biens-fonds de diverse nature. Pronounced \dɔ.mɛn\. It ranks #803 in French word frequency. Often confused with domine and douane.

Key facts for domaine
PropertyValue
Headworddomaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.mɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#803
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of domaine in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for domaine is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.mɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #803 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for domaine, with forms such as "ddomaine", "dmoaine", and "doamine". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "domine", "douane", "domino", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is domaine, spelled D-O-M-A-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Propriété d’une assez vaste étendue et contenant des biens-fonds de diverse nature.
  2. 2
    Ce qui appartient à l'État ou au souverain.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des biens qui appartiennent collectivement à la nation, à l’état, et qui sont inaliénables et imprescriptibles.
  4. 4
    Territoire colonial faisant partie des possessions coloniales d’un pays.
  5. 5
    Secteur ; branche ; registre.
  6. 6
    Compétence.
  7. 7
    Ensemble d'adresses faisant l'objet d'une gestion commune.
  8. 8
    Ensemble des différentes valeurs que peut prendre un champ.
  9. 9
    Ensemble de définition, c'est-à-dire ensemble des antécédents d'une relation, notamment fonctionnelle.
  10. 10
    Ensemble ouvert et connexe par arcs dans le corps des nombres complexes.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddomaine,dmoaine,doamine,domaien,domainne,domanie,domiane,dommaine,odmaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for domaine

Misspelling Variants of "domaine"

ddomaine8dmoaine7doamine7domaien7domainne8domanie7domiane7dommaine8
Misspelling Variants of "domaine"

Frequency rank: #803 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "domaine"?
"domaine" is spelled D-O-M-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.mɛn\.
What does "domaine" mean?
As a noun, "domaine" means: Propriété d’une assez vaste étendue et contenant des biens-fonds de diverse nature.
What words are commonly confused with "domaine"?
"domaine" is commonly confused with "domine", "douane", "domino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "domaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "domaine" is \dɔ.mɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "domaine" come from?
"domaine" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.