dominer

/\dɔ.mi.ne\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,565

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

dominer is aFrenchverb. It means: Commander souverainement, avoir une puissance absolue. Pronounced \dɔ.mi.ne\. Often confused with donner and domino.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dominer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.mi.ne\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,565 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for dominer, with forms such as "ddominer", "dmoiner", and "doimner". 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 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 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 dominer, spelled D-O-M-I-N-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddominer,dmoiner,doimner,domienr,dominerr,dominner,dominre,domminer,domnier,odminer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dominer

Misspelling Variants of "dominer"

ddominer8dmoiner7doimner7domienr7dominerr8dominner8dominre7domminer8
Misspelling Variants of "dominer"

Frequency rank: #11,565 in French

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 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.