dhobi
/ˈdəʊbi/noun
dhobi is spelled D-H-O-B-I: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dhobi means “A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dhobi is dhobis.
How many letters and syllables are in dhobi?
| Letters | 5: D-H-O-B-I |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dhobi?
Dhobi appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 dhobi?
- /ˈdəʊbi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with dhobi?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dhobi.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bodhi.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dhobi
- dhobis plural
- dhobie
- dhoby
- dobie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dhobi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman.
... "The first dhobi khana was under the Madras Presidency...”
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dhobi come from?
From Hindi धोबी (dhobī, “washerman”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).