dotcom
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
- domaniaux
domaniaux
12,462 corpus weight
- domesticité
domesticité
12,461 corpus weight
- donatrice
donatrice
12,460 corpus weight
- dorcas
dorcas
12,459 corpus weight
- dotcom
dotcom
12,457 corpus weight
- Duchenne
Duchenne
12,453 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dotcom » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dotcom |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dotcom » en français
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
- 1Domaine internet .com.
- 2Entreprise dont l'activité est intrinsèquement liée à son site internet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dotcom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In March 1985, Symbolics computers of Cambridge, Massachusetts entered the history books with an internet address ending in dotcom.
"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.
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