douze

\duz\

/\duz\/ adj

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The verdict

“douze” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,472. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,472
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Onze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 12.

Corpus desk

Index FR-douze · douze · French

douze · rank #2,472 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,472
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH douce

Nearest frequency peer: douce (-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 « douze »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « douze » 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).

douze vs due
60% similar
douze vs dure
60% similar
douze vs duke
60% similar

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

Key facts for douze
PropertyValue
Headworddouze
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\duz\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,472
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « douze »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « douce » (#2,471), « démocratique » (#2,473), « doigt » (#2,470). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « douze » est au #2,472. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around douze (IPA \duz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,472 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for douze, with forms such as "ddouze", "douez", and "douzze". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "dure", "duke", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is douze, spelled D-O-U-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Onze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 12.
  2. 2
    Douzième.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — M’apportes-tu seulement douze douzaines de messes à un écu chacune, ou garderas-tu toujours pour toi seul l’or que te versent à flots tes dévotes de province, vieux pingre ?
  2. Et estimez-vous heureux d’être pas considéré comme déserteur ! Là, ça serait le peloton tout de suite. Douze balles dans le buffet ! Ça vous aurait dressé, bon Dieu !

This word in other languages

twelve(English)doce(Español)zwölf(Deutsch)doze(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddouze
  • douez
  • douzze
  • dozue
  • duoze
  • oduze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddouze1douez2douzze1dozue2duoze2oduze2
Edit distance from "douze"

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 "douze"?
"douze" is spelled D-O-U-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is \duz\.
What does "douze" mean?
As an adjective, "douze" means: Onze plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 12.
What words are commonly confused with "douze"?
"douze" is commonly confused with "due", "dure", "duke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "douze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "douze" is \duz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "douze" come from?
"douze" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

douce#2,471doigt#2,470dette#2,469grève#2,479

Similar misspelling depth

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

connue6 variantsmises6 variantsplat6 variantscity6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list