dominer

\dɔ.mi.ne\

/\dɔ.mi.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“dominer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,565
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commander souverainement, avoir une puissance absolue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dominer · dominer · French

dominer · rank #11,565 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,565
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dion

Nearest frequency peer: dion (-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 « dominer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dominer » 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).

dominer vs donner
71% similar
dominer vs domino
71% similar
dominer vs Dominic
57% similar

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

Key facts for dominer
PropertyValue
Headworddominer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɔ.mi.ne\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,565
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dominer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dominerse 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 « dion » (#11,564), « douane » (#11,566), « Dieudonné » (#11,563). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dominer » est au #11,565. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dominer (IPA \dɔ.mi.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,565 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dominer, with forms such as "ddominer", "dmoiner", and "doimner". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "donner", "domino", "Dominic", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 dominer, spelled D-O-M-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commander souverainement, avoir une puissance absolue.
  2. 2
    Maitriser ; exercer son autorité, son influence sur quelqu’un ou sur quelque chose ; avoir de la prépondérance ; prévaloir.
  3. 3
    Paraitre le plus parmi d’autres choses, se faire le plus remarquer, être le plus fort.
  4. 4
    Être plus élevé que d'autres choses que l'on tient en sujétion ; surplomber.
  5. 5
    Maîtriser, gouverner, tant au propre qu’au figuré.
  6. 6
    Montrer sa supériorité sur un adversaire.
  7. 7
    Connaitre une matière en profondeur, en embrasser tous les aspects.
  8. 8
    Rester maître de soi-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est alors que les musulmans tombèrent sous l'autorité directe ou indirecte des infidèles, qui les dominèrent et les assujettirent.
  2. Alexandre domina sur l’Asie. — Ce peuple, cette puissance domine sur les mers.

Synonyms

assujettirêtre roisupplantersurpasser

This word in other languages

dominate(English)dominar(Español)herrschen(Deutsch)exceder(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddominer
  • dmoiner
  • doimner
  • domienr
  • dominerr
  • dominner
  • dominre
  • domminer
  • domnier
  • odminer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dominer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddominer1dmoiner2doimner2domienr2dominerr1dominner1dominre2domminer1
Edit distance from "dominer"

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 "dominer"?
"dominer" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.mi.ne\.
What does "dominer" mean?
As a verb, "dominer" means: Commander souverainement, avoir une puissance absolue.
What words are commonly confused with "dominer"?
"dominer" is commonly confused with "donner", "domino", "Dominic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dominer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dominer" is \dɔ.mi.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dominer" come from?
"dominer" 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 "dominer", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

Florian10 variantscommises10 variantsformelle10 variantscasques10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list