doré
The verdict
“doré” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,424 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #7,424
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Recouvert d’or, plaqué or.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #7,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “doré” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for doré is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔ.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,424 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for doré, with forms such as "ddoré", "dore", and "dorré". 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, "dr", "dur", "dos", 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 doré, spelled D-O-R-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Recouvert d’or, plaqué or.
- 2D’un jaune brillant, rappelant l’éclat de l’or.
- 3D’un jaune brillant, rappelant l’éclat de l’or.
- 4Marqué par la richesse, la fortune.
- 5Qualifie un groupe de personnes à la richesse tapageuse.
- 6Qualifie une chose qui respecte la proportion du nombre d’or.
- 7Couleur de la robe d’un vin blanc, indiquant une meilleure maturité que la couleur « légèrement doré » ; mais une maturité moindre qu’une robe de couleur « jaune paille ».
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddoré,dore,dorré,doér,droé,odré
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of doré — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "doré"
Frequency rank: #7,424 in French
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Using “doré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-R-É — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dr” — see the side-by-side comparison. doré vs dr
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter D in our French index: