domine

\dɔ.min\

/\dɔ.min\/ verb

The verdict

“domine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,698
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dominer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-domine · domine · French

domine · rank #6,698 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,698
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH domestique

Nearest frequency peer: domestique (-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 « domine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « domine » 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).

domine vs done
67% similar
domine vs donne
67% similar
domine vs douane
67% similar

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

Key facts for domine
PropertyValue
Headworddomine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɔ.min\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,698
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « domine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dominese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « domestique » (#6,697), « durs » (#6,699), « créant » (#6,696). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « domine » est au #6,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around domine (IPA \dɔ.min\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,698 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for domine, with forms such as "ddomine", "dmoine", and "doimne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "done", "donne", "douane", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is domine, spelled D-O-M-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dominer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dominer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dominer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dominer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de dominer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On peut observer dans la position no 2 ( « le monsieur d’âge moyen ayant perdu la tête » ) l’équivalent d’un mini-effondrement psychotique dont émerge (position no 3), « le petit garçon diabolique » pervers), avec une solution fondée sur les clivages et sur le reversal (renversement des rôles) : un Umberto « fort et méchant » (le « petit garçon » est en r…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddomine
  • dmoine
  • doimne
  • domien
  • dominne
  • dommine
  • domnie
  • odmine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddomine1dmoine2doimne2domien2dominne1dommine1domnie2odmine2
Edit distance from "domine"

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 "domine"?
"domine" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.min\.
What does "domine" mean?
As a verb, "domine" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dominer.
What words are commonly confused with "domine"?
"domine" is commonly confused with "done", "donne", "douane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "domine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "domine" is \dɔ.min\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "domine" come from?
"domine" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "domine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list