double

/\dubl\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#844

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

double is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui vaut, qui pèse ou qui contient deux fois autant. Pronounced \dubl\. It ranks #844 in French word frequency. Often confused with doute and douce.

Key facts for double
PropertyValue
Headworddouble
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\dubl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#844
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of double in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for double is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dubl\. Corpus data places it at rank #844 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for double, with forms such as "ddouble", "dobule", and "doubble". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "doute", "douce", "douze", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is double, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui vaut, qui pèse ou qui contient deux fois autant.
  2. 2
    Qui est composé de deux choses pareilles, ou analogues entre elles, ou seulement de même nature, de même espèce.
  3. 3
    Qualifie les actes ou les contrats dont on fait deux originaux semblables, pour en laisser un entre les mains de chacune des parties intéressées.
  4. 4
    Qualifie le domino sur lequel apparaît deux valeurs semblables.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une fleur qui a acquis par la culture un plus grand nombre de pétales qu’elle n’en aurait eu dans l’état naturel.
  6. 6
    Qualifie, dans les rubriques ecclésiastiques, certaines fêtes dont l’office est plus solennel que celui des autres.
  7. 7
    Qualifie les choses plus fortes, de qualité supérieure, de vertu plus efficace que les autres choses de même nature.
  8. 8
    Qui a de la duplicité.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddouble,dobule,doubble,doubel,doublle,doulbe,duoble,oduble

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for double

Misspelling Variants of "double"

ddouble7dobule6doubble7doubel6doublle7doulbe6duoble6oduble6
Misspelling Variants of "double"

Frequency rank: #844 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "double"?
"double" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dubl\.
What does "double" mean?
As an adj, "double" means: Qui vaut, qui pèse ou qui contient deux fois autant.
What words are commonly confused with "double"?
"double" is commonly confused with "doute", "douce", "douze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "double"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "double" is \dubl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "double" come from?
"double" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.