domaine

\dɔ.mɛn\

/\dɔ.mɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“domaine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#803
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété d’une assez vaste étendue et contenant des biens-fonds de diverse nature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-domaine · domaine · French

domaine · rank #803 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #803
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH communauté

Nearest frequency peer: communauté (-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 « domaine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « domaine » 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).

domaine vs domine
86% similar
domaine vs douane
71% similar
domaine vs domino
71% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « domaine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).domainese 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 « communauté » (#802), « idées » (#804), « monsieur » (#805). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « domaine » est au #803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around domaine (IPA \dɔ.mɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #803 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for domaine, with forms such as "ddomaine", "dmoaine", and "doamine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "domine", "douane", "domino", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is domaine, spelled D-O-M-A-I-N-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tant qu’il n’était pas appelé au loin par la guerre contre les Saxons, les Bretons, ou les Goths de la Septimanie, Chlother employait son temps à se promener d’un domaine à l’autre.
  2. Dans ce département où la propriété est si morcelée qu'il ne contient peut-être pas vingt domaines de 10 hectares, est-ce le désir de ne pas diviser les héritages qui pousse de plus en plus les ménages au malthusianisme?

This word in other languages

domain(English)dominio(Español)Bauernhof(Deutsch)domínio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddomaine
  • dmoaine
  • doamine
  • domaien
  • domainne
  • domanie
  • domiane
  • dommaine
  • odmaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of domaine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddomaine1dmoaine2doamine2domaien2domainne1domanie2domiane2dommaine1
Edit distance from "domaine"

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 "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'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 "domaine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list