dopehead
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The verdict
“dopehead” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der regelmäßig (illegale) Drogen zu sich nimmt und davon abhängig ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-dopehead · dopehead · German
dopehead · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dopehead |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dopehead“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dopehead is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der regelmäßig (illegale) Drogen zu sich nimmt und davon abhängig ist".
dopehead has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dopehead, spelled D-O-P-E-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1jemand, der regelmäßig (illegale) Drogen zu sich nimmt und davon abhängig ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dopehead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His boss fired him when he discovered that the guy was a dopehead.
Synonyms
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.