dominus

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,742

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

dominus is aFrenchnoun. It means: Maître de maison, propriétaire. Often confused with domus and domine.

Key facts for dominus
PropertyValue
Headworddominus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,742
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dominus is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #41,742 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 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 dominus, with forms such as "ddominus", "dmoinus", and "doimnus". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "domus", "domine", "domino", 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 dominus, spelled D-O-M-I-N-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maître de maison, propriétaire.
  2. 2
    Chef, souverain, arbitre, maître (au propre et au figuré).
  3. 3
    Hôte, celui qui donne un festin, qui régale, amphitryon. Organisateur des jeux publiques.
  4. 4
    Seigneur, titre donné aux empereurs après Auguste et Tibère.
  5. 5
    Terme de politesse qui équivaut à Monsieur en français.
  6. 6
    Ami, amant.
  7. 7
    Seigneur Dieu.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddominus,dmoinus,doimnus,dominnus,dominsu,dominuss,domiuns,domminus,domnius,odminus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dominus

Misspelling Variants of "dominus"

ddominus8dmoinus7doimnus7dominnus8dominsu7dominuss8domiuns7domminus8
Misspelling Variants of "dominus"

Frequency rank: #41,742 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dominus"?
"dominus" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-U-S.
What does "dominus" mean?
As a noun, "dominus" means: Maître de maison, propriétaire.
What words are commonly confused with "dominus"?
"dominus" is commonly confused with "domus", "domine", "domino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "dominus" come from?
"dominus" 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.