douiller

\du.je\

/\du.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“douiller” is uncommon French (frequency #73,907 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,907
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir mal, souffrir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-douiller · douiller · French

douiller · rank #73,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,907
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dread

Nearest frequency peer: dread (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « douiller »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « douiller » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for douiller
PropertyValue
Headworddouiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\du.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,907
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « douiller » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.douillertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « dread » (#73,908), « domestiqués » (#73,905), « domestiquer » (#73,904). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douiller » est au #73,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

douiller is uncommon French at frequency #73,907 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \du.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for douiller in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is douiller, spelled D-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir mal, souffrir.
  2. 2
    Payer.
  3. 3
    Ramasser les douilles après avoir tiré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je m’suis chopé un coup de soleil, je douille à fond.
  2. Madame Vitruve et sa nièce c’est moi qui douille le ménage avec des condés ingénieux.

Synonyms

raquercasquercracher au bassinet

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 "douiller"?
"douiller" is spelled D-O-U-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \du.je\.
What does "douiller" mean?
As a verb, "douiller" means: Avoir mal, souffrir.
How do you pronounce "douiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douiller" is \du.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douiller" come from?
"douiller" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

disloque#73,901Damiette#73,882curation#73,878cuillers#73,876

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list