Dorothea
The verdict
“Dorothea” is uncommon French (frequency #82,869 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,869
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Dorothée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dorothea · Dorothea · French
Dorothea · rank #82,869 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,869
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dominick
Nearest frequency peer: Dominick (-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 « Dorothea »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dolomite
dolomite
17,134 corpus weight
- Dominick
Dominick
17,133 corpus weight
- Dorothea
Dorothea
17,132 corpus weight
- Doue
Doue
17,131 corpus weight
- DPD
DPD
17,130 corpus weight
- draconienne
draconienne
17,129 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dorothea » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dorothea |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dorothea » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dorothea is uncommon French at frequency #82,869 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Dorothée.".
Dorothea doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dorothea, spelled D-O-R-O-T-H-E-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de Dorothée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dorothea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bien aidée par un sans-faute (20 / 20) derrière la carabine — surtout au moment du duel à 4 sur le dernier tir —, elle a devancé l’Italienne Dorothea Wierer et la Suédoise Elvira Öberg.
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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