douleur

\du.lœʁ\

/\du.lœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“douleur” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,036
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sensation de souffrance, état pénible produit par un mal physique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-douleur · douleur · French

douleur · rank #2,036 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,036
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH donnent

Nearest frequency peer: donnent (-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 « douleur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « douleur » 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).

douleur vs douter
71% similar
douleur vs douteux
71% similar
douleur vs douleurs
88% similar

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

Key facts for douleur
PropertyValue
Headworddouleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\du.lœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,036
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « douleur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.douleurse 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 « donnent » (#2,035), « décès » (#2,037), « disparu » (#2,034). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douleur » est au #2,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around douleur (IPA \du.lœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,036 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for douleur, with forms such as "ddouleur", "dolueur", and "douelur". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "douter", "douteux", "douleurs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is douleur, spelled D-O-U-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sensation de souffrance, état pénible produit par un mal physique.
  2. 2
    Peine de l’esprit ou du cœur.
  3. 3
    Sensation de souffrance qui affecte tant le mental que le corps.
  4. 4
    (pluriel) Ellipse de douleurs de l’enfantement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’avais même de mon côté fait quelques recherches sur les différentes douleurs qui précèdent, accompagnent et suivent les différents genres de mort.
  2. Depuis vingt-quatre ans, M. B… souffrait d’une sinusite frontale qui avait nécessité onze opérations !! Malgré tout la sinusite persistait, accompagnée de douleurs intolérables.

Synonyms

afflictiontourmentmalsouffrance

Antonyms

bien-êtreanalgésieanodynieplaisir

This word in other languages

pain(English)dolor(Español)Schmerz(Deutsch)aflição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddouleur
  • dolueur
  • douelur
  • douleru
  • douleurr
  • doulleur
  • douluer
  • duoleur
  • oduleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddouleur1dolueur2douelur2douleru2douleurr1doulleur1douluer2duoleur2
Edit distance from "douleur"

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 "douleur"?
"douleur" is spelled D-O-U-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \du.lœʁ\.
What does "douleur" mean?
As a noun, "douleur" means: Sensation de souffrance, état pénible produit par un mal physique.
What words are commonly confused with "douleur"?
"douleur" is commonly confused with "douter", "douteux", "douleurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "douleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douleur" is \du.lœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douleur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

donnent#2,035disparu#2,034devenue#2,033emplois#2,039

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

marqué9 variantsordres9 variantsprofit9 variantsportée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list