dotcom

noun

The verdict

“dotcom” is uncommon French (frequency #87,544 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,544
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Domaine internet .com.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dotcom · dotcom · French

dotcom · rank #87,544 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,544
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dorcas

Nearest frequency peer: dorcas (-2 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 « dotcom »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dotcom » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dotcom
PropertyValue
Headworddotcom
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,544
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dotcom » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dotcomtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dorcas » (#87,542), « donatrice » (#87,541), « domesticité » (#87,540). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dotcom » est au #87,544. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dotcom is uncommon French at frequency #87,544 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for dotcom in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dotcom, spelled D-O-T-C-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Domaine internet .com.
  2. 2
    Entreprise dont l'activité est intrinsèquement liée à son site internet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In March 1985, Symbolics computers of Cambridge, Massachusetts entered the history books with an internet address ending in dotcom.
  2. "But today we see how dotcoms have enriched our lives that if you are not engaged you would be fine but much further behind than the rest of us." Proof of that Mr Atkinson said can be seen with how dotcoms have commercialised the internet "bringing consumers choice and value and businesses greater customer reach and profits".

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 "dotcom"?
"dotcom" is spelled D-O-T-C-O-M.
What does "dotcom" mean?
As a noun, "dotcom" means: Domaine internet .com.
What language does "dotcom" come from?
"dotcom" 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 "dotcom", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list