doucement

\dus.mɑ̃\

/\dus.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“doucement” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,673
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière douce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doucement · doucement · French

doucement · rank #3,673 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,673
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dieux

Nearest frequency peer: dieux (-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 « doucement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « doucement » 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).

doucement vs durement
78% similar
doucement vs document
78% similar
doucement vs doublement
80% similar

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

Key facts for doucement
PropertyValue
Headworddoucement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\dus.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,673
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « doucement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).doucementse 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 « dieux » (#3,672), « dérange » (#3,674), « couteau » (#3,671). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doucement » est au #3,673. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around doucement (IPA \dus.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #3,673 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for doucement, with forms such as "ddoucement", "docuement", and "douccement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "durement", "document", "doublement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is doucement, spelled D-O-U-C-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière douce.
  2. 2
    Avec ménagement, délicatement, sans violence, sans brutalité.
  3. 3
    Lentement.
  4. 4
    Sans bruit, avec peu de bruit.
  5. 5
    À voix basse.
  6. 6
    Sans éprouver d’agitation, avec calme.
  7. 7
    Avec humanité, avec bonté.
  8. 8
    Sans sévérité, sans aigreur.
  9. 9
    Sans emportement.
  10. 10
    Agréablement.
  11. 11
    Médiocrement, faiblement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce qui venait de tomber sur le lit, en un mince lambeau soyeux, léger et lent, c’était le corsage qui la serrait doucement au cou, et fort à la taille…
  2. Après trois mois, je commençais à ne plus me contenter de la part qui m’était faite, et je caressais doucement la main d’Henriette en essayant de transborder ainsi les riches voluptés qui m’embrasaient.

Antonyms

durement

This word in other languages

softly(English)suavemente(Español)docemente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoucement
  • docuement
  • douccement
  • douceemnt
  • doucemennt
  • doucementt
  • doucemetn
  • doucemment
  • doucemnet
  • doucmeent
  • douecment
  • duocement
  • oducement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddoucement1docuement2douccement1douceemnt2doucemennt1doucementt1doucemetn2doucemment1
Edit distance from "doucement"

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 "doucement"?
"doucement" is spelled D-O-U-C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dus.mɑ̃\.
What does "doucement" mean?
As an adverb, "doucement" means: D’une manière douce.
What words are commonly confused with "doucement"?
"doucement" is commonly confused with "durement", "document", "doublement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doucement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doucement" is \dus.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doucement" come from?
"doucement" 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 "doucement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list