douro
\du.ʁo\
The verdict
“douro” is uncommon French (frequency #59,227 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,227
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancienne monnaie espagnole valant 5 pesetas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-douro · douro · French
douro · rank #59,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,227
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH doublait
Nearest frequency peer: doublait (-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 « douro »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dorado
dorado
40,777 corpus weight
- dormis
dormis
40,776 corpus weight
- doublait
doublait
40,775 corpus weight
- douro
douro
40,774 corpus weight
- dra
dra
40,773 corpus weight
- drépanocyto…
drépanocytose
40,772 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « douro » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | douro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \du.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « douro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
douro is uncommon French at frequency #59,227 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \du.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ancienne monnaie espagnole valant 5 pesetas.".
douro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is douro, spelled D-O-U-R-O.
Definition
- 1Ancienne monnaie espagnole valant 5 pesetas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how douro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je fus très-étonné lorsque le patron nous demanda un douro au lieu d’une piécette, prix ordinaire de la course.
Il leur reste une dernière ressource: celle de la chasse à l'homme. Au début de la campagne, paraît-il, le gouvernement payait une prime de 8 douros (40 francs) par prisonnier et de 4 douros par tête de rebelle coupée.
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.
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