dorine
\dɔ.ʁin\
The verdict
“dorine” is uncommon French (frequency #71,438 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,438
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Saxifragées, dont deux espèces croissent en France au bord des ruisseaux, où elles sont mangées au printemps par les bestiaux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dorine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ʁin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dorine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dorine is uncommon French at frequency #71,438 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.ʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante de la famille des Saxifragées, dont deux espèces croissent en France au bord des ruisseaux, où elles sont mangées au printemps par les bestiaux.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dorine, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 dorine, spelled D-O-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Plante de la famille des Saxifragées, dont deux espèces croissent en France au bord des ruisseaux, où elles sont mangées au printemps par les bestiaux.
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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Using “dorine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-R-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɔ.ʁin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.