doreur

\dɔ.ʁœʁ\

/\dɔ.ʁœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“doreur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artisan dont le métier est de dorer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doreur · doreur · French

doreur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for doreur
PropertyValue
Headworddoreur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.ʁœʁ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « doreur » en français

doreurreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

doreur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Artisan dont le métier est de dorer.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for doreur, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is doreur, spelled D-O-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Artisan dont le métier est de dorer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il arrive quelquefois que le doreur a oublié de mettre l'or dans des petits fonds, ou qu’en passant la colle, il enlève quelques petites parties d’or; alors il faut en couper une feuille sur le coussin par petits morceaux, le poser avec un pinceau à ramender, après avoir mouillé la place où il manque avec un petit pinceau un peu trempé; lorsque le ramenda…

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doreur"?
"doreur" is spelled D-O-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.ʁœʁ\.
What does "doreur" mean?
As a noun, "doreur" means: Artisan dont le métier est de dorer.
How do you pronounce "doreur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doreur" is \dɔ.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doreur" come from?
"doreur" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list