doré

\dɔ.ʁe\

/\dɔ.ʁe\/ adj

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The verdict

“doré” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,424
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recouvert d’or, plaqué or.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dore · doré · French

doré · rank #7,424 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,424
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dom

Nearest frequency peer: dom (-2 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 « doré »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « doré » 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).

doré vs dr
50% similar
doré vs dur
50% similar
doré vs dos
50% similar

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

Key facts for doré
PropertyValue
Headworddoré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dɔ.ʁe\
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,424
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « doré »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dorése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dom » (#7,422), « Ds » (#7,426), « diocèse » (#7,421). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doré » est au #7,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around doré (IPA \dɔ.ʁe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,424 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for doré, with forms such as "ddoré", "dore", and "dorré". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dr", "dur", "dos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is doré, spelled D-O-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Recouvert d’or, plaqué or.
  2. 2
    D’un jaune brillant, rappelant l’éclat de l’or.
  3. 3
    D’un jaune brillant, rappelant l’éclat de l’or.
  4. 4
    Marqué par la richesse, la fortune.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un groupe de personnes à la richesse tapageuse.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une chose qui respecte la proportion du nombre d’or.
  7. 7
    Couleur 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 ».

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Marguerite tira alors de son aumônière une petite clef dorée, ouvrit la porte du cabinet et montra du doigt le jeune homme à sa suivante.
  2. Nous laisserons de côté l’Asphodeline lutea, le vulgaire Bâton de Jacob, qui rehausse les vieux jardins, qu’il orne de ses longues inflorescences dorées […].

This word in other languages

golden(English)dorado(Español)golden(Deutsch)dourado(Português)

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 - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddoré1dore1dorré1doér2droé2odré2
Edit distance from "doré"

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 "doré"?
"doré" is spelled D-O-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.ʁe\.
What does "doré" mean?
As an adjective, "doré" means: Recouvert d’or, plaqué or.
What words are commonly confused with "doré"?
"doré" is commonly confused with "dr", "dur", "dos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doré" is \dɔ.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doré" come from?
"doré" 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 "doré", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flou#7,440élan#7,391road#7,369revu#7,367

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

aidez6 variantsagisse6 variantsKelly6 variantslions6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list