dossier

\do.sje\

/\do.sje\/ noun

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The verdict

“dossier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,179
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie d’un siège contre laquelle on pose le dos.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dossier · dossier · French

dossier · rank #1,179 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,179
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dollars

Nearest frequency peer: dollars (-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 « dossier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dossier » 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).

dossier vs dossiers
88% similar
dossier vs doser
71% similar
dossier vs dessiner
75% similar

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

Key facts for dossier
PropertyValue
Headworddossier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\do.sje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,179
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dossier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dossierse 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 « dollars » (#1,178), « hiver » (#1,180), « cheveux » (#1,177). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dossier » est au #1,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around dossier (IPA \do.sje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,179 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dossier, with forms such as "ddossier", "dosier", and "dosiser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dossiers", "doser", "dessiner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dossier, spelled D-O-S-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie d’un siège contre laquelle on pose le dos.
  2. 2
    Assemblage de documents regroupés dans un but déterminé. (Une liasse de papiers étiquetée au dos)
  3. 3
    Pièces d’un procès ou d’archives.
  4. 4
    Ensemble de pièces concernant telle ou telle personne.
  5. 5
    Répertoire, emplacement virtuel dans lequel peuvent se trouver d’autres dossiers ou des fichiers informatiques d’un système de fichier en arborescence.
  6. 6
    Anecdote embarrassante concernant une personne.
  7. 7
    Sur un wagon couvert de chemin de fer, partie étroite de la caisse positionnée du côté des attelages, reliant le châssis au toit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sur les crédences en style de la Renaissance se dressaient des figures de sirènes, et les chaises en bois sculpté avaient des dossiers surmontés de têtes de femmes dans le goût Henri II.
  2. Assis dans un petit fauteuil à dossier bref, papa travaillait.

Synonyms

cartonsfichierrépertoire

This word in other languages

backrest(English)respaldo(Español)Lehne(Deutsch)encosto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddossier
  • dosier
  • dosiser
  • dosseir
  • dossierr
  • dossire
  • dsosier
  • odssier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dossier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddossier1dosier1dosiser2dosseir2dossierr1dossire2dsosier2odssier2
Edit distance from "dossier"

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 "dossier"?
"dossier" is spelled D-O-S-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \do.sje\.
What does "dossier" mean?
As a noun, "dossier" means: Partie d’un siège contre laquelle on pose le dos.
What words are commonly confused with "dossier"?
"dossier" is commonly confused with "dossiers", "doser", "dessiner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dossier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dossier" is \do.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dossier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dollars#1,178cheveux#1,177hôpital#1,181Charles#1,176

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

vitesse8 variantsMarine8 variantsouvrir8 variantslimite8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list