Doumergue

\du.mɛʁɡ\

/\du.mɛʁɡ\/ name

The verdict

“Doumergue” is uncommon French (frequency #76,505 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,505
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille français, surtout connu par Gaston Doumergue, président de la République française de 1924 à 1931.

Corpus desk

Index FR-doumergue · Doumergue · French

Doumergue · rank #76,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,505
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Doucouré

Nearest frequency peer: Doucouré (-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 « Doumergue »

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 « Doumergue » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Doumergue
PropertyValue
HeadwordDoumergue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\du.mɛʁɡ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,505
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Doumergue » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Doumerguetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Doucouré » (#76,504), « draperie » (#76,506), « doublez » (#76,503). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Doumergue » est au #76,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Doumergue is uncommon French at frequency #76,505 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \du.mɛʁɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille français, surtout connu par Gaston Doumergue, président de la République française de 1924 à 1931.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Doumergue, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Doumergue, spelled D-O-U-M-E-R-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille français, surtout connu par Gaston Doumergue, président de la République française de 1924 à 1931.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était même très lié avec le jeune ministre Gaston Doumergue : il pourrait tout en obtenir…
  2. À 15 heures, après un premier défilé, Gaston Doumergue, élu président de la République quelques jours plus tôt, proclamait « l’ouverture des Jeux olympiques de Paris, célébrant la VIIIᵉ Olympiade de l’ère moderne ».

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 "Doumergue"?
"Doumergue" is spelled D-O-U-M-E-R-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \du.mɛʁɡ\.
What does "Doumergue" mean?
As a proper noun, "Doumergue" means: Nom de famille français, surtout connu par Gaston Doumergue, président de la République française de 1924 à 1931.
How do you pronounce "Doumergue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Doumergue" is \du.mɛʁɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Doumergue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list