douanes

\dwan\

/\dwan\/ noun

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The verdict

“douanes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,859
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de douane.

Corpus desk

Index FR-douanes · douanes · French

douanes · rank #10,859 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,859
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH distributeurs

Nearest frequency peer: distributeurs (-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 « douanes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « douanes » 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).

douanes vs doués
57% similar
douanes vs dunes
71% similar
douanes vs doutes
71% similar

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

Key facts for douanes
PropertyValue
Headworddouanes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dwan\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,859
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « douanes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.douanesse 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 « distributeurs » (#10,858), « drones » (#10,860), « débutant » (#10,861). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douanes » est au #10,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around douanes (IPA \dwan\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,859 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de douane.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for douanes, with forms such as "ddouanes", "doaunes", and "douaens". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "doués", "dunes", "doutes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is douanes, spelled D-O-U-A-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de douane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans le cas d’un vol pré-dédouané, au moment où le passager s’enregistre, il se rend directement du bureau d’enregistrement de la compagnie aérienne à un agent des douanes américain qui saisit les données de son passeport.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddouanes
  • doaunes
  • douaens
  • douaness
  • douannes
  • douanse
  • dounaes
  • duoanes
  • oduanes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of douanes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddouanes1doaunes2douaens2douaness1douannes1douanse2dounaes2duoanes2
Edit distance from "douanes"

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 "douanes"?
"douanes" is spelled D-O-U-A-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dwan\.
What does "douanes" mean?
As a noun, "douanes" means: Pluriel de douane.
What words are commonly confused with "douanes"?
"douanes" is commonly confused with "doués", "dunes", "doutes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "douanes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douanes" is \dwan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douanes" come from?
"douanes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

endormi#10,864finisse#10,872chèques#10,841chienne#10,839

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

drones9 variantsCrimée9 variantsErnest9 variantsbouquin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list