dormance

Name: dormance, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\dɔʁ.mɑ̃s\

/\dɔʁ.mɑ̃s\/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“dormance” is an uncommon French word, ranked #76,501 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#76,501
frequency rank, French: 8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quiescence d’un organe jeune dont le développement reprendra après cette pause.

Key facts for dormance
Property	Value
Headword	dormance
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\dɔʁ.mɑ̃s\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#76,501
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dormance” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dormance lands here:

#76,501

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dormance is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɔʁ.mɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #76,501 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dormance, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dormance, spelled D-O-R-M-A-N-C-E.

Definition

1
Quiescence d’un organe jeune dont le développement reprendra après cette pause.
2
Période de repos des plantes déclenchée par la baisse de la température et par la diminution de la photopériode.

This word in other languages

dormancy(English)

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 "dormance"?

"dormance" is spelled D-O-R-M-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔʁ.mɑ̃s\.

What does "dormance" mean?

As a noun, "dormance" means: Quiescence d’un organe jeune dont le développement reprendra après cette pause.

How do you pronounce "dormance"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dormance" is \dɔʁ.mɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "dormance" come from?

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Using “dormance”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is D-O-R-M-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \dɔʁ.mɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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.