dorure

\dɔ.ʁyʁ\

/\dɔ.ʁyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dorure” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,841
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couche d’or fort mince appliquée sur la superficie de quelque ouvrage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dorure · dorure · French

dorure · rank #47,841 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,841
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH doxa

Nearest frequency peer: doxa (+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 « dorure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dorure » 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).

dorure vs dure
67% similar
dorure vs dour
67% similar
dorure vs doute
67% similar

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

Key facts for dorure
PropertyValue
Headworddorure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɔ.ʁyʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,841
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dorure »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dorurese 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 « doxa » (#47,842), « Donnie » (#47,839), « DPJ » (#47,843). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dorure » est au #47,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dorure (IPA \dɔ.ʁyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,841 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Couche d’or fort mince appliquée sur la superficie de quelque ouvrage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dorure, with forms such as "ddorure", "dorrue", and "dorrure". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "dure", "dour", "doute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 dorure, spelled D-O-R-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couche d’or fort mince appliquée sur la superficie de quelque ouvrage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le granit rose délavé du Naos d’Amasis se pare par exemple de dorures éblouissantes.
  2. Il gagna la grande salle de réception aux fauteuils surmontés de dorures.

This word in other languages

gilding(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddorure
  • dorrue
  • dorrure
  • doruer
  • dorurre
  • dourre
  • droure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddorure1dorrue2dorrure1doruer2dorurre1dourre2droure2
Edit distance from "dorure"

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 "dorure"?
"dorure" is spelled D-O-R-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔ.ʁyʁ\.
What does "dorure" mean?
As a noun, "dorure" means: Couche d’or fort mince appliquée sur la superficie de quelque ouvrage.
What words are commonly confused with "dorure"?
"dorure" is commonly confused with "dure", "dour", "doute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dorure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dorure" is \dɔ.ʁyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dorure" come from?
"dorure" 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 "dorure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Donnie#47,839draghi#47,844devins#47,827cuvées#47,823

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Elmer7 variantsenemy7 variantsgroom7 variantsBizet7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list