doubler

\du.ble\

/\du.ble\/ verb

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The verdict

“doubler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,838
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre double ; mettre le double ; augmenter d’une fois autant ; multiplier par deux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doubler · doubler · French

doubler · rank #8,838 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,838
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dorénavant

Nearest frequency peer: dorénavant (-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 « doubler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « doubler » 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).

doubler vs douter
71% similar
doubler vs douleur
71% similar
doubler vs doucher
71% similar

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

Key facts for doubler
PropertyValue
Headworddoubler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\du.ble\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,838
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « doubler »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).doublerse 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 « dorénavant » (#8,837), « drôles » (#8,839), « diplomatiques » (#8,836). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doubler » est au #8,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around doubler (IPA \du.ble\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,838 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for doubler, with forms such as "ddoubler", "dobuler", and "doubbler". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "douter", "douleur", "doucher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is doubler, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre double ; mettre le double ; augmenter d’une fois autant ; multiplier par deux.
  2. 2
    Mettre double ; mettre en double.
  3. 3
    Adjoindre ; associer.
  4. 4
    Être en double avec.
  5. 5
    Appliquer une étoffe contre l’envers d’une autre.
  6. 6
    Recouvrir un objet en cuivre ou en laiton d'une mince lamelle d'or laminée nommée plané.
  7. 7
    Passer devant.
  8. 8
    Trahir.
  9. 9
    Frapper la bande avant de frapper la bille.
  10. 10
    Tuer coup sur coup deux pièces de gibier.
  11. 11
    Tirer un second coup pour assurer le premier.
  12. 12
    Remplacer les voix, effectuer le doublage.
  13. 13
    Redoubler un niveau de classe au lieu de passer au niveau supérieur.
  14. 14
    Aller au delà, dépasser.
  15. 15
    Jouer un rôle au défaut de l’acteur qui en est chargé en premier.
  16. 16
    Devenir double.
  17. 17
    Après avoir dégagé, tromper la parade de contre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je conseille à Charon de doubler son droit de péage, à Pluton de faire la guerre contre Jupiter pour être le premier des dieux, attendu que Jupiter gouverne mal les hommes, et que l’empire des morts est plus étendu que celui des vivants.
  2. Et ses yeux ne quittent pas ses yeux dans le miroir, comme s’il espérait doubler la force de sa pensée en contemplant son image pensive, et trouver au fond de cet être-là l’insoluble solution qu’il ne trouve pas en lui.

Synonyms

bisserredoubler

This word in other languages

double(English)adelantar(Español)duplizieren(Deutsch)ultrapassar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoubler
  • dobuler
  • doubbler
  • doubelr
  • doublerr
  • doubller
  • doublre
  • doulber
  • duobler
  • odubler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddoubler1dobuler2doubbler1doubelr2doublerr1doubller1doublre2doulber2
Edit distance from "doubler"

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 "doubler"?
"doubler" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \du.ble\.
What does "doubler" mean?
As a verb, "doubler" means: Rendre double ; mettre le double ; augmenter d’une fois autant ; multiplier par deux.
What words are commonly confused with "doubler"?
"doubler" is commonly confused with "douter", "douleur", "doucher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doubler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doubler" is \du.ble\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doubler" come from?
"doubler" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

députée#8,841coutume#8,832entités#8,845estimée#8,846

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

drôles10 variantsdéfunt10 variantscongés10 variantsclergé10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list