douairière

\dwe.ʁjɛʁ\

/\dwe.ʁjɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“douairière” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,894. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,894
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui jouissait d’un douaire, étant veuve (en parlant de personnes d’un rang distingué).

Corpus desk

Index FR-douairiere · douairière · French

douairière · rank #43,894 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #43,894
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dormirai

Nearest frequency peer: dormirai (-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 « douairière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « douairière » 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).

douairière vs douanière
80% similar

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

Key facts for douairière
PropertyValue
Headworddouairière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dwe.ʁjɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#43,894
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « douairière »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.douairièrese 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 « dormirai » (#43,893), « Douarnenez » (#43,895), « doodle » (#43,892). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douairière » est au #43,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around douairière (IPA \dwe.ʁjɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,894 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui jouissait d’un douaire, étant veuve (en parlant de personnes d’un rang distingué).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for douairière, with forms such as "ddouairière", "doauirière", and "douaiirère". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "douanière", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is douairière, spelled D-O-U-A-I-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui jouissait d’un douaire, étant veuve (en parlant de personnes d’un rang distingué).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La duchesse douairière.
  2. Mais, entêté que tu es, quand je te dis que M. de Buckingham a loué toutes les maisons qui entourent celle où doit descendre Sa Majesté la reine douairière d’Angleterre et la princesse sa fille.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddouairière
  • doauirière
  • douaiirère
  • douairiere
  • douairirèe
  • douairièer
  • douairièrre
  • douairrière
  • douairèire
  • douariière
  • douiarière
  • duoairière
  • oduairière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of douairière - 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.

ddouairière1doauirière2douaiirère2douairiere1douairirèe2douairièer2douairièrre1douairrière1
Edit distance from "douairière"

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 "douairière"?
"douairière" is spelled D-O-U-A-I-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dwe.ʁjɛʁ\.
What does "douairière" mean?
As an adjective, "douairière" means: Qui jouissait d’un douaire, étant veuve (en parlant de personnes d’un rang distingué).
What words are commonly confused with "douairière"?
"douairière" is commonly confused with "douanière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "douairière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douairière" is \dwe.ʁjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douairière" come from?
"douairière" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Douarnenez#43,895domiciliés#43,889domiciliée#43,888divinement#43,886

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

décibels13 variantsdédicacée13 variantsdéguisées13 variantsdérivant13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list