dopage

\dɔ.paʒ\

/\dɔ.paʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“dopage” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,659. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,659
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utilisation d’une drogue, d’un médicament ou d’une intervention biologique, que ce soit prohibé ou non, dans le but d’améliorer une performance physique, intellectuelle, psychique…

Corpus desk

Index FR-dopage · dopage · French

dopage · rank #14,659 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,659
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dogme

Nearest frequency peer: dogme (-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 « dopage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dopage » 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).

dopage vs dope
67% similar
dopage vs douane
67% similar
dopage vs dosage
83% similar

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

Key facts for dopage
PropertyValue
Headworddopage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.paʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,659
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dopage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dopagese 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 « dogme » (#14,658), « drames » (#14,660), « distinguent » (#14,657). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dopage » est au #14,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around dopage (IPA \dɔ.paʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,659 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dopage, with forms such as "ddopage", "doapge", and "dopaeg". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "dope", "douane", "dosage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dopage, spelled D-O-P-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utilisation d’une drogue, d’un médicament ou d’une intervention biologique, que ce soit prohibé ou non, dans le but d’améliorer une performance physique, intellectuelle, psychique…
  2. 2
    Ajout de petites quantités d’éléments, appelées impuretés, à un semi-conducteur pour en modifier les caractéristiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cas de dopage se multiplient aux Jeux Olympiques.
  2. Le dopage des cadres, des étudiants.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddopage
  • doapge
  • dopaeg
  • dopagge
  • dopgae
  • doppage
  • dpoage
  • odpage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddopage1doapge2dopaeg2dopagge1dopgae2doppage1dpoage2odpage2
Edit distance from "dopage"

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 "dopage"?
"dopage" is spelled D-O-P-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.paʒ\.
What does "dopage" mean?
As a noun, "dopage" means: Utilisation d’une drogue, d’un médicament ou d’une intervention biologique, que ce soit prohibé ou non, dans le but d’améliorer une performance physique, intellectuelle, psychique…
What words are commonly confused with "dopage"?
"dopage" is commonly confused with "dope", "douane", "dosage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dopage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dopage" is \dɔ.paʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dopage" come from?
"dopage" 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 "dopage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list