doudoune

/\du.dun\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,133

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

doudoune is aFrenchnoun. It means: Veste matelassée pour protéger du froid, généralement garnie de duvet. Pronounced \du.dun\. Often confused with doudou and Dordogne.

Key facts for doudoune
PropertyValue
Headworddoudoune
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\du.dun\
Letters8
Frequency rank#30,133
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for doudoune is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \du.dun\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,133 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for doudoune, with forms such as "ddoudoune", "doduoune", and "douddoune". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "doudou", "Dordogne", 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 doudoune, spelled D-O-U-D-O-U-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Veste matelassée pour protéger du froid, généralement garnie de duvet.
  2. 2
    Sein. — Note d’usage : Dans cet emploi, s’utilise principalement au pluriel.
  3. 3
    Chiffon, couverture, peluche dont un jeune enfant ne se sépare pas, qu’il suce, qui lui sert de protection ou de substitut affectif.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddoudoune,doduoune,douddoune,doudonue,doudouen,doudounne,douduone,douodune,duodoune,odudoune

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for doudoune

Misspelling Variants of "doudoune"

ddoudoune9doduoune8douddoune9doudonue8doudouen8doudounne9douduone8douodune8
Misspelling Variants of "doudoune"

Frequency rank: #30,133 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "doudoune"?
"doudoune" is spelled D-O-U-D-O-U-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \du.dun\.
What does "doudoune" mean?
As a noun, "doudoune" means: Veste matelassée pour protéger du froid, généralement garnie de duvet.
What words are commonly confused with "doudoune"?
"doudoune" is commonly confused with "doudou", "Dordogne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "doudoune"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "doudoune" is \du.dun\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "doudoune" come from?
"doudoune" 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.