doucir
\du.siʁ\
The verdict
“doucir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-doucir · doucir · French
doucir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doucir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \du.siʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « doucir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
doucir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \du.siʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
doucir has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 doucir, spelled D-O-U-C-I-R.
Definition
- 1Polir.
- 2Débarrasser de ses rugosités la vitre brute telle qu’elle sort du four.
- 3Frotter le marbre avec une pierre-ponce dure et de l'eau; c'est la quatrième opération employée pour parvenir au poli du marbre.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.