Dorothée

\dɔ.ʁɔ.te\

/\dɔ.ʁɔ.te\/ name

The verdict

“Dorothée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,550
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dorothee · Dorothée · French

Dorothée · rank #24,550 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,550
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH doo

Nearest frequency peer: doo (-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 « Dorothée »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Dorothée » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Dorothée vs Dorothy
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Dorothée
PropertyValue
HeadwordDorothée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dɔ.ʁɔ.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,550
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dorothée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Dorothéese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « doo » (#24,549), « droitier » (#24,551), « dodge » (#24,548). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dorothée » est au #24,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Dorothée (IPA \dɔ.ʁɔ.te\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,550 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dorothée, with forms such as "ddorothée", "doorthée", and "dorohtée". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Dorothy", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Dorothée, spelled D-O-R-O-T-H-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.
  2. 2
    Nom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Dorothée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Certains jours, Marthe emportait son ouvrage chez la vieille Dorothée, sa voisine. Une vieille paysanne, affable, cérémonieuse, affectionnant les façons de parler révérencieuses, particulières aux paysans de bonne famille.
  2. Le village dormait. De la lumière aux vitres du Café de la route ; chez le maire ; chez Dorothée. Cette fille était matinale !

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddorothée
  • doorthée
  • dorohtée
  • dorothee
  • dorotheé
  • dorothhée
  • dorotthée
  • dorotéhe
  • dorrothée
  • dortohée
  • droothée
  • odrothée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dorothée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddorothée1doorthée2dorohtée2dorothee1dorotheé2dorothhée1dorotthée1dorotéhe2
Edit distance from "Dorothée"

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 "Dorothée"?
"Dorothée" is spelled D-O-R-O-T-H-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.ʁɔ.te\.
What does "Dorothée" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dorothée" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Dorothée"?
"Dorothée" is commonly confused with "Dorothy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dorothée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dorothée" is \dɔ.ʁɔ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dorothée" come from?
"Dorothée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dorothée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list