douves

\duv\

/\duv\/ noun

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The verdict

“douves” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,833
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de douve.

Corpus desk

Index FR-douves · douves · French

douves · rank #42,833 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,833
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH doublées

Nearest frequency peer: doublées (-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 « douves »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « douves » 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).

douves vs dues
67% similar
douves vs dove
67% similar
douves vs douze
67% similar

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

Key facts for douves
PropertyValue
Headworddouves
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\duv\
Letters6
Frequency rank#42,833
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « douves »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.douvesse 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 « doublées » (#42,832), « dysenterie » (#42,834), « déboule » (#42,835). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douves » est au #42,833. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around douves (IPA \duv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,833 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de douve.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for douves, with forms such as "ddouves", "douevs", and "douvess". 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, "dues", "dove", "douze", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is douves, spelled D-O-U-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de douve.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. … le forgeron Nickel ferrant le cheval du gendarme Hierthès, à la porte de sa forge, et le tonnelier Schweyer enfonçant les douves de ses tonnes à grands coups de maillet, au fond de sa voûte retentissante.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddouves
  • douevs
  • douvess
  • douvse
  • douvves
  • dovues
  • duoves
  • oduves

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of douves - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddouves1douevs2douvess1douvse2douvves1dovues2duoves2oduves2
Edit distance from "douves"

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 "douves"?
"douves" is spelled D-O-U-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \duv\.
What does "douves" mean?
As a noun, "douves" means: Pluriel de douve.
What words are commonly confused with "douves"?
"douves" is commonly confused with "dues", "dove", "douze". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "douves"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douves" is \duv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douves" come from?
"douves" 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 "douves", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déchue#42,837Dinard#42,828dénués#42,844DGCCRF#42,822

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

demies8 variantsdelete8 variantseffleure8 variantscourut8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list