Dory
\dɔ.ʁi\
The verdict
“Dory” is uncommon French (frequency #54,532 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,532
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chirurgien bleu, Paracanthurus hepatus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dory · Dory · French
Dory · rank #54,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,532
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dormira
Nearest frequency peer: dormira (-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 « Dory »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- divertissan…
divertissante
45,472 corpus weight
- divina
divina
45,471 corpus weight
- dormira
dormira
45,470 corpus weight
- Dory
Dory
45,469 corpus weight
- Dunois
Dunois
45,468 corpus weight
- décolletés
décolletés
45,467 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dory » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dory |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dory » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dory is uncommon French at frequency #54,532 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chirurgien bleu, Paracanthurus hepatus.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dory in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dory, spelled D-O-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Chirurgien bleu, Paracanthurus hepatus.
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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