dorn
\ˈdɔrn\
The verdict
“dorn” is uncommon French (frequency #68,996 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,996
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Main.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dorn · dorn · French
dorn · rank #68,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,996
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH domaniales
Nearest frequency peer: domaniales (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dorn »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dissèque
dissèque
31,008 corpus weight
- divaguer
divaguer
31,007 corpus weight
- domaniales
domaniales
31,006 corpus weight
- dorn
dorn
31,005 corpus weight
- douaire
douaire
31,004 corpus weight
- drapée
drapée
31,003 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dorn » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dorn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈdɔrn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dorn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dorn is uncommon French at frequency #68,996 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈdɔrn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
dorn has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dorn, spelled D-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Main.
- 2Poing.
- 3Anse, poignée (de récipient).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dorn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] cʼhwi, krogit er wezenn gant un dorn, astennit din ho torn all, ha neuze dalcʼhit mat gant ho taou zorn.
An daou baotr a yeas da walcʼhiñ o daouarnioù ….
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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