douma

\du.ma\

/\du.ma\/ noun

The verdict

“douma” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,982. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,982
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chambre basse du parlement en Russie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-douma · douma · French

douma · rank #30,982 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,982
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Donetsk

Nearest frequency peer: Donetsk (-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 « douma »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « douma » 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).

douma vs dum
60% similar
douma vs doux
60% similar
douma vs dour
60% similar

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

Key facts for douma
PropertyValue
Headworddouma
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\du.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,982
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « douma »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).doumase place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Donetsk » (#30,981), « dressing » (#30,983), « divins » (#30,980). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douma » est au #30,982. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around douma (IPA \du.ma\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,982 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chambre basse du parlement en Russie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for douma, with forms such as "ddouma", "domua", and "douam". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dum", "doux", "dour", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is douma, spelled D-O-U-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chambre basse du parlement en Russie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour la Fédération de Russie on parle plus précisément de Douma d’État (Государственная дума), pour la différencier des doumas régionales ou de la Douma impériale. Wikipédia, Douma
  2. Son économie progresse à pas de géant, les rentiers français y engouffrent leurs capitaux, l’armée s’est reconstituée après la catastrophe de 1905 : le régime paraît solide depuis que le tsar a su faire les concessions nécessaires et instituer une douma.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddouma
  • domua
  • douam
  • doumma
  • duoma
  • oduma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of douma - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddouma1domua2douam2doumma1duoma2oduma2
Edit distance from "douma"

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 "douma"?
"douma" is spelled D-O-U-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \du.ma\.
What does "douma" mean?
As a noun, "douma" means: Chambre basse du parlement en Russie.
What words are commonly confused with "douma"?
"douma" is commonly confused with "dum", "doux", "dour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "douma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douma" is \du.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douma" come from?
"douma" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list