dominion

\dɔ.mi.njɔn\

/\dɔ.mi.njɔn\/ noun

The verdict

“dominion” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,927
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné par les Anglais à des pays qui constituent les États indépendants appartenant à l’Empire Britannique mais restent sous domination partielle de la Couronne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dominion · dominion · French

dominion · rank #31,927 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,927
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dodgers

Nearest frequency peer: dodgers (-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 « dominion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dominion » 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).

dominion vs domino
75% similar
dominion vs dominos
75% similar
dominion vs Dominic
63% similar

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

Key facts for dominion
PropertyValue
Headworddominion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.mi.njɔn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,927
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dominion »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dominionse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dodgers » (#31,926), « dompter » (#31,928), « distribuant » (#31,925). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dominion » est au #31,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around dominion (IPA \dɔ.mi.njɔn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,927 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom donné par les Anglais à des pays qui constituent les États indépendants appartenant à l’Empire Britannique mais restent sous domination partielle de la Couronne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dominion, with forms such as "ddominion", "dmoinion", and "doimnion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "domino", "dominos", "Dominic", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dominion, spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné par les Anglais à des pays qui constituent les États indépendants appartenant à l’Empire Britannique mais restent sous domination partielle de la Couronne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À la différence des États qui vont se former en Europe ou en Amérique du Sud à la même époque, le Canada de l'Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique n’est pas conçu comme un État-nation. … Son statut est celui d’un dominion. Il faut entendre derrière cette expression, sans véritable équivalent en français, Her Majesty's dominions, c’est-à-dire une partie…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddominion
  • dmoinion
  • doimnion
  • domiinon
  • dominino
  • dominionn
  • dominnion
  • dominoin
  • domminion
  • domniion
  • odminion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dominion - 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.

ddominion1dmoinion2doimnion2domiinon2dominino2dominionn1dominnion1dominoin2
Edit distance from "dominion"

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 "dominion"?
"dominion" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.mi.njɔn\.
What does "dominion" mean?
As a noun, "dominion" means: Nom donné par les Anglais à des pays qui constituent les États indépendants appartenant à l’Empire Britannique mais restent sous domination partielle de la Couronne.
What words are commonly confused with "dominion"?
"dominion" is commonly confused with "domino", "dominos", "Dominic". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dominion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dominion" is \dɔ.mi.njɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dominion" come from?
"dominion" 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 "dominion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list