domus

noun

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The verdict

“domus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,890. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,890
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-domus · domus · French

domus · rank #43,890 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,890
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH domiciliés

Nearest frequency peer: domiciliés (-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 « domus »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « domus » 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).

domus vs dos
60% similar
domus vs dus
60% similar
domus vs dou
60% similar

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

Key facts for domus
PropertyValue
Headworddomus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,890
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « domus »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « domiciliés » (#43,889), « domiciliée » (#43,888), « doodle » (#43,892). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « domus » est au #43,890. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around domus, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,890 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for domus, with forms such as "ddomus", "dmous", and "dommus". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dos", "dus", "dou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is domus, spelled D-O-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le ministère italien de la Culture a annoncé, mardi, la découverte d’une luxueuse domus romaine (villa que se faisaient construire les riches Romains), vieille de plus de 2 000 ans, au cœur du parc archéologique du Colisée, à Rome.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddomus
  • dmous
  • dommus
  • domsu
  • domuss
  • doums
  • odmus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddomus1dmous2dommus1domsu2domuss1doums2odmus2
Edit distance from "domus"

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 "domus"?
"domus" is spelled D-O-M-U-S.
What does "domus" mean?
As a noun, "domus" means: Maison d’habitation urbaine destinée à une famille, dans la Rome antique.
What words are commonly confused with "domus"?
"domus" is commonly confused with "dos", "dus", "dou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "domus" come from?
"domus" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chino#43,840Capet#43,827Funds#43,956bueno#43,817

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

cueilli7 variantscourrez7 variantscollez7 variantscamino7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list