Dorian
\dɔ.ʁjɑ̃\
The verdict
“Dorian” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,916
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin français.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dorian · Dorian · French
Dorian · rank #21,916 · 8 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,916
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH divulguer
Nearest frequency peer: divulguer (-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 « Dorian »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dissiper
dissiper
78,088 corpus weight
- divergent
divergent
78,087 corpus weight
- divulguer
divulguer
78,086 corpus weight
- Dorian
Dorian
78,085 corpus weight
- dynamo
dynamo
78,084 corpus weight
- débarrasse
débarrasse
78,083 corpus weight
What this shows « Dorian » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dorian |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ʁjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dorian »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Dorian (IPA \dɔ.ʁjɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,916 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin français.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dorian, with forms such as "ddorian", "doiran", and "dorain". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Doris", "Duran", "Dorval", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Dorian, spelled D-O-R-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin français.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dorian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’acteur et réalisateur équatorien Dorian Chavez pousse une boule de 2 m de diamètre recouverte de vêtements dans les rues de Toulouse, à l’occasion de la Biennale des arts vivants.
Au programme : les sonneurs Yves Berthou, Fanch Perennes et Dorian Creignou, Madéok Trio (musique irlandaise), la petite ferme de Créa-Lien, parade médiévale par la compagnie ArtFlex.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddorian
- doiran
- dorain
- doriann
- dorina
- dorrian
- droian
- odrian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dorian - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).