dote

\dɔt\

/\dɔt\/ verb

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The verdict

“dote” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,237
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de doter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dote · dote · French

dote · rank #22,237 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,237
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dogmes

Nearest frequency peer: dogmes (-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 « dote »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dote » 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).

dote vs dt
50% similar
dote vs due
50% similar
dote vs dre
50% similar

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

Key facts for dote
PropertyValue
Headworddote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dɔt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,237
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dote »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dotese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dogmes » (#22,236), « dou » (#22,238), « dogmatique » (#22,235). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dote » est au #22,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around dote (IPA \dɔt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,237 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dote, with forms such as "ddote", "doet", and "dotte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dt", "due", "dre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dote, spelled D-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de doter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de doter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de doter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de doter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de doter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddote
  • doet
  • dotte
  • dtoe
  • odte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dote - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddote1doet2dotte1dtoe2odte2
Edit distance from "dote"

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 "dote"?
"dote" is spelled D-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɔt\.
What does "dote" mean?
As a verb, "dote" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de doter.
What words are commonly confused with "dote"?
"dote" is commonly confused with "dt", "due", "dre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dote" is \dɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dote" come from?
"dote" 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 "dote", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

find#22,266flag#22,268fluo#22,270Foix#22,271

Similar misspelling depth

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

arab5 variantsjojo5 variantsmara5 variantsWeiss5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list