dagwood
noun
dagwood is spelled D-A-G-W-O-O-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dagwood means “A large thick multi-layered sandwich containing cold cuts, cheese, lettuce and any of several other fillings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dagwood is dagwoods.
How many letters and syllables are in dagwood?
| Letters | 7: D-A-G-W-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dagwood?
Dagwood appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dagwood?
Dagwood has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of dagwood
- dagwoods plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dagwood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large thick multi-layered sandwich containing cold cuts, cheese, lettuce and any of several other fillings
- 2
Ellipsis of Dagwood sandwich.
noun
- 1
A Dagwood sandwich.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dagwood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense very large and thick multilayered cold cut sandwich:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dagwood |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does dagwood come from?
Named after American comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead, a character in the comic Blondie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).