dormasser
\dɔʁ.ma.se\
The verdict
“dormasser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dormir, somnoler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dormasser · dormasser · French
dormasser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dormasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔʁ.ma.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dormasser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dormasser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \dɔʁ.ma.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dormir, somnoler.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dormasser in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dormasser, spelled D-O-R-M-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dormir, somnoler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dormasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est l’estaminet où chacun possède une pipe avec son nom émaillé, une pipe de jour de l’an offerte par le garçon qui dormasse, d’invariable mémoire, le nez sur un journal et jette un piteux et traînant « voilà » quand on lui commande un nouveau bock.
Or le bar était vide. Léon, à son comptoir dormassait, en chandail, tandis que sa chienne, près de lui, sur une chaise, veillait.
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.