doucet

\du.sɛ\

/\du.sɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“doucet” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,929
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est d’un caractère fort doux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doucet · doucet · French

doucet · rank #31,929 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,929
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dompter

Nearest frequency peer: dompter (-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 « doucet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « doucet » 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).

doucet vs doute
67% similar
doucet vs douze
67% similar
doucet vs doués
50% similar

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

Key facts for doucet
PropertyValue
Headworddoucet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\du.sɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,929
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « doucet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.doucetse 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 « dompter » (#31,928), « droiture » (#31,930), « dominion » (#31,927). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « doucet » est au #31,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around doucet (IPA \du.sɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,929 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est d’un caractère fort doux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for doucet, with forms such as "ddoucet", "docuet", and "douccet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "doute", "douze", "doués", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is doucet, spelled D-O-U-C-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est d’un caractère fort doux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle semble doucette, mais c’est un petit démon.
  2. — Un prix très raisonnable et doucet.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddoucet
  • docuet
  • douccet
  • doucett
  • doucte
  • douect
  • duocet
  • oducet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddoucet1docuet2douccet1doucett1doucte2douect2duocet2oducet2
Edit distance from "doucet"

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 "doucet"?
"doucet" is spelled D-O-U-C-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \du.sɛ\.
What does "doucet" mean?
As an adjective, "doucet" means: Qui est d’un caractère fort doux.
What words are commonly confused with "doucet"?
"doucet" is commonly confused with "doute", "douze", "doués". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doucet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doucet" is \du.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doucet" come from?
"doucet" 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 "doucet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Drouot#31,931Durham#31,933dispos#31,923Edmund#31,945

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

focale8 variantscollait8 variantsgalons8 variantsGuinness8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list