douaire
\dwɛʁ\
The verdict
“douaire” is uncommon French (frequency #68,997 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,997
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce que le mari donnait à sa femme en faveur du mariage qu’il contractait et pour qu’elle en jouît en cas de survivance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | douaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dwɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “douaire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
douaire is uncommon French at frequency #68,997 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dwɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce que le mari donnait à sa femme en faveur du mariage qu’il contractait et pour qu’elle en jouît en cas de survivance.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for douaire, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is douaire, spelled D-O-U-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ce que le mari donnait à sa femme en faveur du mariage qu’il contractait et pour qu’elle en jouît en cas de survivance.
This word in other languages
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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Using “douaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-O-U-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dwɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.