dormir
\dɔʁ.miʁ\
The verdict
“dormir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,861. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,861
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se reposer dans un état inconscient, de sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dormir · dormir · French
dormir · rank #1,861 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,861
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diverses
Nearest frequency peer: diverses (-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 « dormir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- condition
condition
98,143 corpus weight
- conduit
conduit
98,142 corpus weight
- diverses
diverses
98,141 corpus weight
- dormir
dormir
98,140 corpus weight
- eaux
eaux
98,138 corpus weight
- espèces
espèces
98,137 corpus weight
What this shows « dormir » 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 | dormir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɔʁ.miʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,861 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dormir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dormir (IPA \dɔʁ.miʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,861 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dormir, with forms such as "ddormir", "domrir", and "dorimr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "durcir", "dortoir", "dormirai", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dormir, spelled D-O-R-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1Se reposer dans un état inconscient, de sommeil.
- 2Vivre un rêve, une sieste… en état de sommeil.
- 3Être immobile ou avoir un mouvement imperceptible.
- 4Gésir dans la mort.
- 5Se taire ou être tu, confiné dans un long silence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dormir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] tout le monde dort, essaie au moins de dormir […].
Nous dormîmes honteusement jusqu’à huit heures, et je ne sais combien de temps nous aurions prolongé cette grasse matinée, si l’hôtesse n’était venue nous apporter le café, […].
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddormir
- domrir
- dorimr
- dormirr
- dormmir
- dormri
- dorrmir
- dromir
- odrmir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dormir - 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.
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 (9 here; floor ≥5).