Dortmund

name

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The verdict

“Dortmund” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,454
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dortmund · Dortmund · French

Dortmund · rank #14,454 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,454
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH donnaient

Nearest frequency peer: donnaient (-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 « Dortmund »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Dortmund » 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
Key facts for Dortmund
PropertyValue
HeadwordDortmund
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,454
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dortmund »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « donnaient » (#14,453), « doter » (#14,455), « doive » (#14,452). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dortmund » est au #14,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Dortmund, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,454 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dortmund, with forms such as "ddortmund", "dormtund", and "dorrtmund". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Dortmund, spelled D-O-R-T-M-U-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La grosse défaite à domicile face à Dortmund en Ligue des champions (1-4) a eu raison de Julen Lopetegui.

Synonyms

Trémoigne

This word in other languages

Dortmund(English)Dortmund(Español)Dortmund(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddortmund
  • dormtund
  • dorrtmund
  • dortmmund
  • dortmnud
  • dortmudn
  • dortmundd
  • dortmunnd
  • dorttmund
  • dortumnd
  • dotrmund
  • drotmund
  • odrtmund

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddortmund1dormtund2dorrtmund1dortmmund1dortmnud2dortmudn2dortmundd1dortmunnd1
Edit distance from "Dortmund"

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 "Dortmund"?
"Dortmund" is spelled D-O-R-T-M-U-N-D.
What does "Dortmund" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dortmund" means: Ville et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.
What are common misspellings of "Dortmund"?
Common misspellings include "ddortmund", "dormtund", "dorrtmund", "dortmmund", "dortmnud". The correct spelling is "Dortmund".
What language does "Dortmund" come from?
"Dortmund" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

décrites#14,458déléguée#14,459disputes#14,449dentelle#14,446

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

entendais13 variantscylindre13 variantsexistante13 variantscorporelle13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list