doggedvsdomedConfusable pair

Which to use

“dogged” and “domed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,009
“dogged” frequency rank
#34,861
“domed” frequency rank
64870
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dogged domed
Definition simple past and past participle of dog simple past and past participle of dome

Letter map: dogged vs domed

Shared letters muted; letters that set dogged and domed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. dogged runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against domed's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
dogged
5 ch
domed

Spelling & dictionary notes on dogged vs domed

dogged and domed are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dogged is recorded at frequency rank #30,009, classified as averb, pronounced /dɒɡd/. domed is at rank #34,861, tagged as averb.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 64870, this pair ranks #75,549 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dogged vs domed

Shared letters: deo. Private to "dogged": g. Private to "domed": m.

"dogged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "domed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dogged ← ddogged · dgoged · doged · dogegd · doggde · doggedd · odgged
  • domed ← ddomed · dmoed · doemd · domde · domedd · dommed · odmed

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dogged" and "domed" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "dogged" vs "domed" - which ranks higher?
"dogged" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,009 in our English list, against #34,861 for "domed". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "dogged" and "domed". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dogged" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,549 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dogged" and "domed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimer vs domed". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #75,549 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list