dormait

\dɔʁ.mɛ\

/\dɔʁ.mɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“dormait” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,855
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de dormir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dormait · dormait · French

dormait · rank #15,855 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,855
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH distraire

Nearest frequency peer: distraire (-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 « dormait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dormait » 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).

dormait vs dormi
71% similar
dormait vs dormir
71% similar
dormait vs durait
71% similar

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

Key facts for dormait
PropertyValue
Headworddormait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɔʁ.mɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,855
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dormait »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dormaitse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « distraire » (#15,853), « Duval » (#15,857), « distant » (#15,852). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dormait » est au #15,855. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dormait (IPA \dɔʁ.mɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,855 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de dormir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dormait, with forms such as "ddormait", "domrait", and "doramit". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "dormi", "dormir", "durait", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dormait, spelled D-O-R-M-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de dormir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle s’étira mollement, juste assez pour aller gratouiller, de son pied nu, le ventre d’Arakis qui dormait près du feu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddormait
  • domrait
  • doramit
  • dormaitt
  • dormati
  • dormiat
  • dormmait
  • dorrmait
  • dromait
  • odrmait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dormait - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddormait1domrait2doramit2dormaitt1dormati2dormiat2dormmait1dorrmait1
Edit distance from "dormait"

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 "dormait"?
"dormait" is spelled D-O-R-M-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔʁ.mɛ\.
What does "dormait" mean?
As a verb, "dormait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de dormir.
What words are commonly confused with "dormait"?
"dormait" is commonly confused with "dormi", "dormir", "durait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dormait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dormait" is \dɔʁ.mɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dormait" come from?
"dormait" 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 "dormait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

distant#15,852déborde#15,859démolir#15,861cynique#15,847

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

booster10 variantsGervais10 variantsglamour10 variantsBernier10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list