droit de douane
\dʁwa də dwan\
The verdict
“droit de douane” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de taxe de douane.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | droit de douane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁwa də dwan\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “droit de douane” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
droit de douane is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁwa də dwan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de taxe de douane.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for droit de douane in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 droit de douane, spelled D-R-O-I-T- -D-E- -D-O-U-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de taxe de douane.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “droit de douane”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-R-O-I-T- -D-E- -D-O-U-A-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁwa də dwan\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.