douar
\dwaʁ\
The verdict
“douar” is uncommon French (frequency #61,457 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,457
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe de tentes disposées en cercle, de façon à remiser les troupeaux dans l’espace laissé libre au centre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-douar · douar · French
douar · rank #61,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,457
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dosée
Nearest frequency peer: dosée (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « douar »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dormants
dormants
38,547 corpus weight
- Dorset
Dorset
38,546 corpus weight
- dosée
dosée
38,545 corpus weight
- douar
douar
38,544 corpus weight
- doublette
doublette
38,543 corpus weight
- dreads
dreads
38,542 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « douar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | douar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « douar » en français
Rare enough to double-check
douar is uncommon French at frequency #61,457 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for douar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is douar, spelled D-O-U-A-R.
Definition
- 1Groupe de tentes disposées en cercle, de façon à remiser les troupeaux dans l’espace laissé libre au centre.
- 2Petit village du Maghreb.
- 3Groupe de familles obéissant à un chef en formant une fraction de la tribu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how douar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’ordinaire, elle le menait dans la gorge tourmentée et sauvage d’un oued assez loin du douar.
Mais généralement l’envoi de quelques troupes met fin aux troubles en peu de temps. Elles envahissent le territoire de la tribu à châtier, pillent les douars, razzient les troupeaux, détruisent les cultures, font des prisonniers et coupent des têtes, […].
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 "douar"?
What does "douar" mean?
How do you pronounce "douar"?
What language does "douar" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "douar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).